Chip

Well done Mr Cameron and Mr Osbourne

Number of people in work tops 30m for the first time on record


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...eculation.html

DYK

Could that also be something to do with the growing population in this country,that its reached 30million perhaps ? ..

tony de wonderful

Praise zero hour contracts!

Felix.

Exactly - i wonder what percentage of these figures are 'zero hour contracts'

I know we have loads - usually all old or really young, working 2-3 hours per week at silly times. Are these classed as full time contracts if they are flexi...?

Chip

Zero hours suits some and not others.

Felix.

Sounds like it suits the government

Chip

Probably does, but came around when Labour introduced the Working time and Minimum wage laws.

RA Dunk

I expect this is just another figure doctored to give the required result TBH.

fpan

iTrader: (11)

Unless you know how exactly the statistics are measured they mean nothing!

Indeed if someone works 10h per week and counts as employed, big deal the "achievement", it is all big BS!

hodgy0_2

agree - laughable really

Matteeboy

We're STILL doomed… ;-)

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Yes but there are some on here who like to think Camo and Osbo are doing a good job and all will be well, I guess it staves off facing up to reality for a little while longer!

cster

Yeah - until the next Labour government come in a f*** everything up.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

EFA

Dingdongler

Fantastic

Employment UP!

Inflation DOWN!

GDP UP!

Borrowing down

Confidence UP!

No wonder Georgie looked so happy when I met him for drinks a few months back at No 11, he knew what was coming.

zip106

Interest rates up soon then - what was it the Governor said about unemployment percentages...?

Dingdongler

Yup, could well be. He hinted at it a few days ago. Whether he really meant it or just wanted to take a bit of heat out of the housing market I don't know

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Yep and the markets were up 1% agan today... well the European ones anyway, the FTSE went nowhere... again

97TURBO

That's exactly what it is, it would also be interesting to see who has actually taken all these new jobs.

Dingdongler

Yep, and you are still the biggest **** munching bum sniffer on Scoobynet