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Previously on "UK Skills shortages"

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Combined with house prices it's A Cunning Plan to get the peasantry back where they should be, tugging at their forelocks.
    I suppose you would be happy if it forced them to bathe?

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    And the sooner the better ... what ho!
    Do not be afraid. Jacob Rees-Mogg has personally assured us that Brexit is a great blow against the Establishment.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Combined with house prices it's A Cunning Plan to get the peasantry back where they should be, tugging at their forelocks.
    And the sooner the better ... what ho!

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    UK Skills shortages
    There isn't and hasn't been for many/several decades a skills shortage in the UK. A decent salary shortage, yes indeed. But this is not to be confused with a skills shortage.

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  • _V_
    started a topic UK Skills shortages

    UK Skills shortages

    Pay growth to stay weak, says forecast - BBC News

    Pressure on incomes looks set to continue, with pay rises forecast at 1% over the next year, a survey predicts.

    Despite falling unemployment, wage growth is weak because the supply of labour has also gone up, says the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

    The CIPD said for every low-skilled job, there were 24 applicants.

    There were also 19 candidates for every medium-skilled job and eight for every high-skilled vacancy.

    And yet we are awash with work permits for overseas workers in many industries including IT of course....

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