The British economy creates lots of jobs – not lots of pay rises | Philip Inman

UK has created many part-time or self-employed roles, with new full-time posts going to older workers

Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. That is Britain's economic success story of the last 10 years.

While public services crumble and the welfare budget continues to be squeezed, when planning for a no-deal Brexit has displaced almost all other activities in Whitehall, ministers can always point to the UK economy as a well-oiled jobs machine.

This bountiful situation forms the economic bedrock on which Brexiters base their case for quitting the EU without a deal.