The UK unemployment rate has increased by 0.1% to 4.8% in the three months from June to August 2025, according to data released yesterday (14 October) by The Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Now is the time to address the S in ESG, by embedding inclusion, equity, and transparency into workforce strategy. Join our HR Lunchtime Debate, to find out how.

Nearly half (45%) of UK employees believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives focus too heavily on external image rather than driving internal change, according to poll findings ...

Research has revealed that 60% of companies have never appointed people to dedicated diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) roles, according to the 2026 State of People Strategy Report ...

Almost half of working fathers (44%) feel that mothers are more likely to be given flexibility at work to manage childcare, according to research findings released by Working Families, a family rights ...

Stop treating retention like a perk Too many organisations try to fix retention with perks and policy tweaks tacked onto the edge of work life, without changing anything structurally.

In the first of a series focused on volunteering opportunities for HR professionals, Charissa King meets a mentor who is supporting women leaving prison.

As 20 Conservative councillors defected to Reform UK on Tuesday (7 October), during the third day of the Conservative Party ...

Health minister Ashley Dalton, MP for West Lancashire, has highlighted the support she received from the prime minister to ...

The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) held its annual conference in London yesterday (9 October). Here's our round-up of ...