{"id":418170,"date":"2026-01-27T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/is-ai-eating-up-jobs-in-uk-new-report-paints-bleak-picture-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:58:22","slug":"is-ai-eating-up-jobs-in-uk-new-report-paints-bleak-picture-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/is-ai-eating-up-jobs-in-uk-new-report-paints-bleak-picture-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AI eating up jobs in UK? New report paints bleak picture &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-index-0\">\n<p><span>Britain is shedding more jobs than it generates due to <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/world\/jobs-jobs-jobs-business-leaders-in-davos-optimist-over-technologys-ability-to-create-new-opportunities-11769248083421.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"artificial intelligence\"><span>artificial intelligence <\/span><\/a><span>(AI) \u2014 and at a quicker pace than its global rivals. The substantial advantages for businesses implementing this tech are appearing at a notably steep price for UK staff, straining an already decelerating labour market, Bloomberg reported<\/span><i><span>, <\/span><\/i><span>citing a Morgan Stanley report.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-1\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/companies\/news\/deloitte-uk-readies-job-cuts-raises-partner-salaries-by-4-11759190290434.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"The UK\"><span>The UK <\/span><\/a><span>companies disclosed that AI caused 8% net employment reductions during 2025, according to Morgan Stanley&#8217;s findings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-2\">\n<p><span>This represented the peak figure within a cohort featuring German, US, Japanese, and Australian organisations, and double the global mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-5\">\n<h2><span><strong>Vulnerable sectors<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>The Morgan Stanley report examined businesses utilising AI for a minimum of one year across five vulnerable sectors \u2014 retail and consumer goods, property, logistics, medical devices, and motoring. For numerous entities, digital spending is already yielding results.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-6\">\n<p><span>British firms experienced an average 11.5% productivity gain through AI, with nearly 50% noting even greater improvements. However, their American rivals, who recorded almost identical efficiency growth, generated more positions than they eliminated because of AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-7\">\n<p><span>In Britain, the AI shift arrives exactly as bosses grapple with wage expenses, tepid expansion, and heightened political volatility. Organisations are reducing staff at the quickest rate since 2020 and joblessness is at a nearly five-year peak, as per the latest formal data, as significant minimum-wage hikes and elevated national insurance taxes persist in affecting workforce strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-8\">\n<p><span>The Morgan Stanley findings indicated that AI prompted UK bosses to eliminate or avoid replacing roughly a quarter of their positions, mirroring counterparts in other nations. Still, the UK organisations were notably less inclined to increase recruitment as a consequence of the tech.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-9\">\n<p><span>AI has the potential to save Britain\u2019s fiscal position from its stagnant growth trajectory. These prospects have been emphasised by the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility, with the treasury monitor predicting the tech could raise efficiency growth by up to 0.8 percentage points in the coming 10 years \u2014 a surge that would bolster lifestyle quality and state funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-11\">\n<p><span>Formal data released recently indicated job openings across the UK market have dropped by over a third since 2022 \u2014 representing half a million positions. One-fifth of that contraction was fuelled by industries most prone to AI influence, including professional, scientific, and tech fields, management services, and computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-12\">\n<p><span>Britain&#8217;s junior staff are being pressured from two directions, as AI transforms junior office-based roles while Labour\u2019s fiscal plans impact recruitment in commerce and service sectors. Early-career joblessness has climbed faster than the general average, hitting 13.7% in the quarter ending November, the highest level since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain is shedding more jobs than it generates due to artificial intelligence (AI) \u2014 and at a quicker pace than its global rivals. The substantial advantages for businesses implementing this tech are appearing at a notably steep price for UK staff, straining an already decelerating labour market, Bloomberg reported, citing a Morgan Stanley report. 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