Hanslow

BBC NEWS | Business | Unemployment at seven-year high

Interesting to see these on the up, and not even including the increased figures of those claiming benefit.

Appalling to see that manufacturing jobs at it's lowest since records began in 1841

We're certainly no longer anywhere near being self sufficient. Doom and gloom or just the state of the over populated modern world?

ChrisB

I note on the Labour party political broadcast last night, some "punter" on it claimed "we've now got a record number of people in work". It's about 20 seconds in here.

Hmmm.

SJ_Skyline

Chris, it's true - a record number of people work for the Government...

lozgti

Like all the current rosy pictures painted by the optimists/fibbers,the true story is somewhat different.

U/P rising,Interest rates are rising (wish people would stop saying 'but so slowly',point is they are going up).Inflation figures don't reflect the true position.

In fact most things are blatantly pants,people just keep saying no they aren't we are all rich.In debt to survive I think is the correct phrase

Petem95

How many are on incapacity? 2million or something stupid? Probably 1.5million of them are really just unemployed. Then theres the millions in pen-pusher government jobs!

Its a pretty shocking state of affairs, even before you throw 1.3trillion pounds of consumer debt and the fact that very few have sufficient pensions...

alcazar

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And add in "Maggies missing millions" to the unemployment figures, and it starts to look more like the rest of Europe Worse than some countries

Labour made no effort to rectify THAT particular wrong either

Alcazar