Whoops

[SueEllen]

JustKeepSwimming posted a couple of links about the mess the jobless figures are:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentand...et/october2023

https://www.ft.com/content/73a78a45-...5-99cb2077b70b


Comment was - "
So things are worse than previously reported and we have..."

[dsc]

"Payrolled employees

The number of payrolled employees

Monthly change: ▼ -11,000

Since Feb 2020: ▲1,102,000

The number of payrolled employees is now well above pre-pandemic levels."

Damn that's a lot of contractors going PAYE

Seriously, that's a massive increase in payrolled employees vs pre covid, which imho isn't sustainable with the current economic situation.

[Zigenare]

"Payrolled employees

The number of payrolled employees

Monthly change: ▼ -11,000

Since Feb 2020: ▲1,102,000

The number of payrolled employees is now well above pre-pandemic levels."

Damn that's a lot of contractors going PAYE

Seriously, that's a massive increase in payrolled employees vs pre covid, which imho isn't sustainable with the current economic situation.

One assumes that our umpteen thousand illegal immigrants who've been entering the country over the past few years aren't included in any of those figures but are still a drain on our economy and resources...

[vetran]

One assumes that our umpteen thousand illegal immigrants who've been entering the country over the past few years aren't included in any of those figures but are still a drain on our economy and resources...

how dare you say that about our flow of brain surgeons.

Don't you know we need these immigrants to pay for our old age. Unless we all move to Spain etc because we have to pay for them!

[jamesbrown]

What does Rachel Reeves Wikipedia say?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ale-economists

[vetran]

oh look with pictures.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentand...intheuk/latest