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Not surprising. Employment has faced a massive raft of government directives which fix costs. The Living and Minimum wage is now a standard of wage levels, which the majority of employees all employers aim for. Market forces of supply and demand are dead. It is not surprising that we are all poorer. Business rates and energy costs to a big degree are inflexible and out of our control. The work place pension is mandatory and impacting on employment. The apprenticeship levy is another tax.

The big consequence is that productivity and profitability suffer.

Lets get rid of this Stalinist planned control and let businesses flourish in the market - which seems to no longer exist.