Well tell me something I did not know, that the Private Sector is taking the hit, while the State Cuckoos are taking over the nest. The CIPD says that as unemployment passes the 2 million mark, on its way to at least 3 million, there is a strong case for preserving or increasing public sector employment The public sector needs additional resources at this time to cope with the various social conse...

Scottish Government - Data on public sector employment and the estimated split of public and private sector employment in Scotland.

As the economic crisis lengthens and many industrial sectors restructure, private employment agencies are uniquely well positioned to help young people and redundant workers to find jobs in the new economy, argue Elmar Wiederin and Dennis Pennel. More »

Everybody is aware of the a steep rise in unemployment. The latest figure shows 2.2 million out of work; 7.1% of the workforce. However, the TUC has highlighted what might be described as under-employment: people who want full-time employment being forced to take part-time work because that is all...

If you listened to PMQs yesterday, then you'll have heard two very different accounts of what's happening in the labour market right now. Had Ed Miliband been able to get anyone's attention, they'd have heard him say: 'over the last three months, for every job being created in the private sector, thirteen are being lost in the public sector.' Cameron's response: ...

Since Labour took office, the number of people working in the public sector has grown by 600,000. Figures released a few days ago by the Office for National Statistics showed that while people are losing their jobs in the private sector, public sector employment increased by 13,000 in the second quarter of 2008 to 5.771 million. In 1997, the number was 5.173 million. Philip Johnston- Telegraph Goo...

Well over a quarter of a million public sector jobs have been created in the last year despite unemployment rising to its highest level in 15 years official figures have disclosed.

David Miliband, House of Commons, debate on PFI in the education sector, 2004: The public-private partnerships enable the public sector to use private sector resources to deliver elements of services that the latter, through its skills and expertise, is best placed to provide through a structure in which the private sector puts its capital at risk

Office for National Statistics - Public sector employment in the UK for Q3 2008. This is a quarterly publication containing the latest public sector employment estimates by government sector and industry. The latest release relates to the third quarter of 2008.

The Tories are showing their true blue colours with an attack on public sector pension schemes. Many public sector workers retain membership of final salary pension schemes which give security of income in employment - most private sector pension schemes are "defined purchase" rather than "defined benefit" which means each individual is gambling their pension in retirement on the stock market. It ...