Aspects of labour market failure

I have been researching some video clips for a presentation on labour market failure at the Tutor2u revision workshops - here are a couple of good ones. This BBC report looks into exploitation of migrant workers by a gangmaster business which has had its licence revolked. And Hugh Pym reports on the rising level of relative poverty in the UK despite sixteen years of economic growth. Finally this clip comes a series of progammes from BBC South East on ‘Breadline Britain’.

UK migrant flows starting to reverse?

Migrant flows starting to reverse

There are signs that the huge inflow of migrant workers predominantly from eastern european countries which has boosted the effective UK labour supply in recent years is starting to go into reverse.

Rogan Trader

More bad news from the high street - this time for curry lovers. Curry restaurants are being hit by a double whammy of rising rice costs and a shortage of suitable workers.