Matthew Elliott: Reeves needs urgently to make it easier for business to create jobs

Matthew Elliott: Reeves needs urgently to make it easier for business to create jobs

Matthew Elliott is President of the Jobs Foundation and a member of the House of Lords. As MPs head off for the summer recess, they do so against the backdrop of yet another concerning set of employment figures from the Office for National Statistics. Since last year’s general election, nearly two hundred thousand people have fallen out of payrolled employment. Unemployment is beginning to rise, vacancies have fallen for 36 consecutive months, a…