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Just over a quarter of UK businesses (27%) predict their staff will be fully in-person over the next five years, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit and technology firm Cisco.

Only one in four companies expect their staff to be in the office full time in the coming years, research suggests.A survey of more than a thousand businesses indicates that about one in six believe

Only one in four companies expect their staff to be in the office full time in the coming years, research suggests.

The British government is considering a recommendation from its independent panel of immigration experts to scrap the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). This is currently the easiest and cheapest way to get visas for foreigners with specific skills the country is short of, writes David Sapsted.

In a bid to prepare workers for the digital and green transition, the government is committing funding to upskill the workforce in priority sectors.

The Bank of England has highlighted wage growth as a crucial indicator of the persistence of domestic inflation.

The increase in the voluntary pay scheme will benefit more than 460,000 UK workers.

Constituencies currently held by former deputy PM Dominic Raab, ex-party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and serving Cabinet minister Alex Chalk are among those which could be lost.

The proportion in work was 75.7 per cent in the three months to August, the same as the quarter to July. Unemployment also held steady at 4.2 per cent.

Latest UK labor market data underscored the softening situation with the number of people in jobs continuing to fall, official data revealed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate was 4.