less Jobless

[chef]

isn't Gordon great?

The jobless figures have fallen yet again..

[DimPrawn]

But long term (more than 12 months) unemployment is up.

[chef]

ssshhhhh Gordon didn't say it so it can't be true

[NotAllThere]

Fewer jobless. Less unemployment.

[NotAllThere]

But long term (more than 12 months) unemployment is up.

Sorry. More unemployment.

[Platypus]

Fewer jobless. Less unemployment.

Beat me too it, bloody pedant

[fullyautomatix]

So who created all those new jobs ? All I ever read in the past few months was companies cutting staff including a big oil company like Shell.

Have the councils employed 33K all of a sudden ?

Is Gordo fiddling with unemployment figures ?

These are serious questions that need answers.

[Platypus]

So who created all those new jobs ? All I ever read in the past few months was companies cutting staff including a big oil company like Shell.

Have the councils employed 33K all of a sudden ?

Is Gordo fiddling with unemployment figures ?

These are serious questions that need answers.

If you read the article, you'll see some (it seems to me) seriously funny stuff going on with the stats. It seems unemployment is down yet there are fewer people employed. This is because there are more 'economically inactive' people.

[fullyautomatix]

If you read the article, you'll see some (it seems to me) seriously funny stuff going on with the stats. It seems unemployment is down yet there are fewer people employed. This is because there are more 'economically inactive' people.

Are you saying it is nothing but a positive spin on some bad news ?

This would never have happened under the Tories

[TimberWolf]

If you read the article, you'll see some (it seems to me) seriously funny stuff going on with the stats. It seems unemployment is down yet there are fewer people employed. This is because there are more 'economically inactive' people.

record numbers of

One of the biggest jobs growth areas was jobcentre staff.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...ts-record.html