Daily Boom

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469648.stm

The number of people unemployed in the UK has fallen unexpectedly for the first time in 18 months.

Total unemployment stood at 2.46 million for the three months to November, down 7,000 on the figure for the previous three months.


Gordon does it again!

End of recession, unemployment falling, best economy in the western world.

It doesn't get much better than this!

Please remember all this come the election this spring.

[BlackenedBiker]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469648.stm

The number of people unemployed in the UK has fallen unexpectedly for the first time in 18 months.

Total unemployment stood at 2.46 million for the three months to November, down 7,000 on the figure for the previous three months.


Gordon does it again!

End of recession, unemployment falling, best economy in the western world.

It doesn't get much better than this!

Please remember all this come the election this spring.

You know I am kinda thinking that this would NOT have happened under the Tories

[sasguru]

Indeed, Labour's handling of the crisis was exemplary - propping up the banks with taxpayer cash in particular.

[DimPrawn]

Indeed, Labour's handling of the crisis was exemplary - propping up the banks with taxpayer cash in particular.

It's amazing what can be achieved by one man and a trillion $$ of other people's money. That's what I always say.

[ratewhore]

any figures for incapacity benefit claimants over the same period?

[DiscoStu]

It's amazing what can be achieved by one man and a trillion $$ of other people's money. That's what I always say.

[Mich the Tester]

any figures for incapacity benefit claimants over the same period?

Any figures for people who left unemployment benefit and went on income support?

[Sysman]

Any figures for people who left unemployment benefit and went on income support?

Or for that matter ended up with worse paying jobs and getting Working Tax Credits?

[Mich the Tester]

Sorry, I've been away so long I'm turning foweign. Wot is a 'working tax credit'?

[sasguru]

Sorry, I've been away so long I'm turning foweign. Wot is a 'working tax credit'?

A job creation scheme whereby a bunch of Labour voters are paid to return taxes that some other labour voters paid to the exchequer.
The 1st bunch of Labour voters can also claim tax credits. This neccesitates another bunch of labour Voters to process the claims of this new bunch. And so on ad infinitum.

The obvious solution to lower taxes so you don't have to return them creates no new jobs for Labour voters so is not considered.

HTH