RUTH SUNDERLAND: Labour must tackle the cost-of-hiring catastrophe

The country has spent years talking about the cost-of-living crisis. The obsession is such that it has its own irritating Gen Z slang label, Cozzie Livs, which is not only annoying but also trivialises a serious problem.

In Wednesday’s Budget, Chancellor John Healey should pay more attention to the cost-of-hiring crisis (please no one call it Cozzie Hires).

The two are linked: people need to earn in order to maintain a decent standard of living and bosses need the confidence and the cash to employ them.

Latest figures on the jobs market show the deadening impact of Labour policies, in particular a collapse

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