MSE News: Unemployment down for first time in two years

avantra

tomstickland wrote: »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/20/uk-unemployment-surprise-fall


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So the dry statistics kind of agree with what we feel (and we are in the placement biz since 84). But than again we should put a cheery face and maybe get the blinders to when we go down to the pub.

nordtraveller

Average weekly pay was £451 last November, an increase of 0.7% on a year earlier.

Job Seekers Weekly Allowance = £64.50!!

inspector_monkfish

So... when a recession ends, unemployment continues to rise, right?

So... now unemployment has fallen for the first time, does this mean we are now back in recession ??

just a thought

nordtraveller

Its just the ' credit crunch' . . . . . . .

whathavewedone

I don't want to look like a gloomster but I do think the figures are misleading.

Apparently once you have been on Jobseekers for 8 months you are moved to something else called A4E where you have to go on a training course in order to keep getting your benefits. During this time you do not count as unemployed even though you clearly are.

So it isn't just people on disablity who are "economically inactive" - it's anyone who went on jobseekers 8 months ago and hasn't found a job yet too.

I know massaging unemployment figures is nothing new before anyone points this out.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

whathavewedone wrote: »

I don't want to look like a gloomster but I do think the figures are misleading.

Apparently once you have been on Jobseekers for 8 months you are moved to something else called A4E where you have to go on a training course in order to keep getting your benefits. During this time you do not count as unemployed even though you clearly are.

This fits in with the 27,000 drop in people in actual employment.

Bootski

That's great news!!

What we all want!

nollag2006

MSE_Guy wrote: »

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"There was welcome news on the jobs front today as official figures today show unemployment fell for the first time in almost two years ..."

Read the full story:
Unemployment down for first time in two years



These threads have been merged to avoid duplication. Thanks to inspector monkfish for the original post.

Truly magnificent news. A great start to 2010 for thousands of families

:T

nickj_2

are we sure that these figures aren't just extra people employed over the xmas period ?
the figures stink especially as there have been several announcements of jobs losses over the last week .
we should be given the figure of people who aren't actually contributing anything to the country in the way of taxes . if you take into account that far more kids leave school and go to uni or college now , the figure of under 25 unemployment would be much higher . then there all those on the sick ,
whilst we have such high unemployment we should stop importing overseas workers and train the people we have here to do the work

tomstickland

else called A4E

Aha, A4E, everyone's favorite training company. Google for details.