Labour Market Trends Volume 114, No 12, December 2006, 2006

A monthly guide to the state of the labour market containing statistics and analysis of the latest trends in employment, unemployment, earnings, hours, labour disputes and training. Each issue also includes topical interest items, analytical articles, technical reports describing ONS methodologies, and news about statistics and research.

ANALYSIS IN BRIEF
The New Urban/Rural Indicator in the Labour Force Survey
FEATURE ARTICLE
Public Sector Employment 2006: Seasonally Adjusted Series and Recent Trends
NON-FEATURE ITEMS
News
Key Data
November 2006 Assessment
TABLES
Labour Market Structure
Employment and Productivity
Unemployment
Economic Activity and Inactivity
Earnings and Unit Wage Costs
Claimant Count
Vacancies
Redundancies
Other Labour Market Statistics
Retail Prices and Economic Indicators
Government Employment and Training Measures
Note: The 2006 Labour Market Trends index of articles is to be published as a separate supplement to this edition.

The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics to government. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.