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Is AI Fueling the UK’s Hiring Freeze?

Is AI Fueling the UK’s Hiring Freeze?

Update: 2025-07-24
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On this week’s In the City, hosts Allegra Stratton and Francine Lacqua are joined by James Kanagasooriam, chief research officer at Focaldata, to unpack how AI is reshaping employment. The conversation explores how AI’s ripple effects are hitting the white-collar sector in the UK, from shrinking graduate job pipelines to the potential collapse of middle-class tax bases.

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Is AI Fueling the UK’s Hiring Freeze?

Is AI Fueling the UK’s Hiring Freeze?

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