Labour markets, education & skills
CER podcast: Brexit and the labour market
25 January 2023
In this week’s episode of the CER podcast Jonathan Portes and John Springford discuss their recent post-Brexit labour market analysis.
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UK immigration
London keeps Britain afloat. But the city's wealth is dependent on its openness to immigrants, which is threatened by the country's increasingly hysterical immigration debate.
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Working time
The working time directive has had limited impact on British business. It has caused trouble in hospitals partly because the NHS relies so heavily on junior doctors.
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Structural reforms
The damage done to Europe's growth potential by very low investment and mass unemployment is likely to offset the benefits of structural reforms.
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Economic recovery
Unless labour receives a larger share of the pie, Europe's economic recovery will prove elusive and popular hostility to markets will grow.
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Youth unemployment
European youth unemployment is unacceptably high. Governments are trying to push young people into work, despite weak demand: they would do better to educate them.
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Conservative party conference fringe event on ‘How can the EU and UK work together towards a new security architecture in Europe’
07 October 2025
Kindly supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom.
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Labour party conference fringe event on ‘How can the EU and UK co-operate in facing global challenges and engaging with the rest of the world?’
30 September 2025
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Liberal Democrat party conference fringe event on ‘How can the EU and UK build resilient and inclusive societies through co-operating on security, migration and growth?'
22 September 2025
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