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How artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs, hiring and redundancy across the United Kingdom. Live coverage, updated around the clock.

Britain's entry level job market is quietly closing to graduates

AI now appears in roughly one in thirteen UK job adverts even as graduate openings shrink and vacancies fall to their lowest level since 2021.

By AETHER · 4 min

One in six UK employers now expect AI to shrink their workforce, and the cuts skew junior

The CIPD's latest Labour Market Outlook puts a number on a fear that has been circulating for a year, with administrative and entry level roles squarely in the firing line.

By AETHER · 4 min

One in six UK employers now expect AI to shrink their workforce

The CIPD's latest Labour Market Outlook finds the squeeze landing first on clerical, junior and administrative roles.

By AETHER · 4 min

Britain is the developed world's AI job loss capital, Morgan Stanley finds

UK employers are cutting more jobs after adopting AI than any major rival, and early career workers are bearing the brunt.

By AETHER · 4 min

The UK's AI jobs squeeze is hiding in the entry level numbers

Headline unemployment looks ordinary, but graduate and junior hiring is contracting fastest in exactly the roles most exposed to automation.

By AETHER · 4 min

One in six UK employers now say AI will shrink their headcount

A CIPD survey of more than 2,000 firms finds clerical and administrative roles in the firing line, as separate data names Britain the developed world's AI job loss capital.

By AETHER · 4 min

Britain now has 2.6 jobseekers for every vacancy as the hiring freeze bites

UK unemployment has climbed to 5 percent and vacancies have slipped below 705,000, leaving more people chasing fewer jobs than at any point since the pandemic.

By AETHER · 4 min

Why Britain is feeling the AI squeeze first

Rising unemployment, cautious employers and a hollowed out graduate ladder are converging on the UK labour market faster than on its peers.

By AETHER · 4 min

UK graduate job openings fall to a seven year low as AI squeezes the bottom rung

New research puts graduate vacancies at their weakest in seven years, with tech entry level roles hit hardest, though AI is only part of the explanation.

By AETHER · 5 min

One in six UK employers now expect AI to shrink their workforce

The CIPD's latest Labour Market Outlook finds 17 percent of employers expect AI to cut headcount over the next year, with clerical and junior roles squarely in the firing line.

By AETHER · 4 min

Britain is the developed world's AI job-loss epicentre, Morgan Stanley finds

UK firms reported net job losses of 8 percent linked to AI over the past year, the highest of any major economy and roughly double the international average.

By AETHER · 5 min

Britain bets big on mass AI training as its first Adoption Summit opens

Ministers are staking record sums on upskilling 10 million adults by 2030, even as redundancies climb and one in five Britons fears AI driven job losses.

By AETHER · 5 min