[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Funited-kingdom-labour-market-strength-and-weaknesses-assessed-october-31-2016":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},11247,"united-kingdom-labour-market-strength-and-weaknesses-assessed-october-31-2016","United Kingdom - Labour market strength and weaknesses assessed - October 31, 2016",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Funited-kingdom-labour-market-strength-and-weaknesses-assessed-october-31-2016","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:22:53.980341+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F11247\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2016",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2016\u002Funited-kingdom-labour-market-strength-and-weaknesses-assessed-october-31-2016\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:31:27.953296+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The Centre for European Reform published a critical analysis of the strength and weaknesses of the economy and labour market. Contrary to much of the received wisdom, the UK has not been one of Europe’s economic stars over the last 15 years. In terms of economic growth per head, the performance has been in line with France. The citizens are no richer relative to the EU-15 average than they were 15 years ago, and the average worker has to work more hours than the EU-15 average to achieve that income. Productivity performance has been woeful, falling to just 90% of the EU-15 average. Wages have risen by much less than their French and German counterparts over the last 15 years. Moreover, the country is highly dependent on London and its environs. Apart from London, just one region (the south-east) has a GDP per capita in excess of the EU-15 average. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report confirms the assessment. Productivity has been ‘unusually weak’ since the recession, slowing to just 0.1% per quarter since the end of 2008 compared with 0.5% in the decade prior. This has made the recovery from the downturn more fragile than in any other economic depression over the past 50 years. Growth in 'quality' was just 1.4% in 2015, its slowest rate since 2011, which points towards an increase in the proportion of jobs that are low-skilled and low-paid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freightweek.org\u002Findex.php\u002Fviewpoints-2\u002F2262-britain-already-the-poor-man-of-western-europe\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freightweek.org\u002Findex ... \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ONS-report: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ons.gov.uk\u002Feconomy\u002Feconomicoutputandproductivity\u002Fproductivitymeasures\u002Fbulletins\u002Finternationalcomparisonsofproductivityfirstestimates\u002F2015\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ons.gov.uk\u002Feconomy\u002Feconomicoutputandproductivity ... \u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The CER-report: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cer.org.uk\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fpb_breixt_britain_ST_sept16.pdf\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cer.org.uk\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault ... \u003C\u002Fa>   \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:wdebacker@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">wdebacker@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. Since June 2013 readers can consult our archive and search through all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2016. All rights reserved. We encourage the distribution of this newsletter and of the information it contains, for non-commercial purposes and provided the source is credited. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. The ETUI is financially supported by the European Union. The European Union is not responsible for any use made of the information contained in this publication. \u003Cbr\u002F> This email is sent from \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]