内容摘要：Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, which is campaigning against the bill, said: "The safest law is the one we currently have.

Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, which is campaigning against the bill, said: "The safest law is the one we currently have.

had painted a gloomy picture of the labour market, suggesting that the number of employers expecting to hire more staff in the next three months had fallen to a record low, excluding the pandemic."The further softening in employment in April suggests businesses continued to respond to the rise in business taxes and the minimum wage by reducing headcount," said Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics.

While wage growth had slowed, she added, it still remained relatively strong, meaning the Bank of England will remain cautious over future interest rate cuts., and indicated more cuts could follow, although governor Andrew Bailey said it would be moving "gradually and carefully".The Bank keeps a close eye on wage growth as the concern is that if earnings grow quickly, firms will seek to push up prices, and this will put up the rate of inflation.

"Sticky wage growth may mean the Bank remains uneasy about inflationary pressures in the near term," Ms Gregory said."As a result, the 'gradual' interest rate cutting path will remain in the balancing act."

Luke Bartholomew, deputy chief economist at fund manager Aberdeen, agreed that the Bank was likely stick to its current policy on rate cuts.

"While the labour market continues to slow, and there is some evidence of the impact of the increase in National Insurance... there is nothing to suggest it immediately fell off a cliff in response to the shock," he said.has warned that young people are being put off by a range of barriers, including:

According to Ucas, 430,000 students said they were interested in apprenticeship opportunities in 2023.However, only 189,430 apprenticeships were published on the official site in England in the last academic year.

The last government said that was "nowhere near enough" and launched an onlineThink hard about what the apprenticeship offers - will the qualification help you progress in the career you want? Can you picture yourself in a job in the industry? What opportunities are there to progress at the organisation itself?