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Rise in the unemployed continues to slow.

Graham_Devon
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Up 21,000 last month, to a total 2.49m.

Would be good to see the numbers even smaller each month. Hopefully we won't see a surge of newly unemployed after christmas.
The number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 21,000 between August and October to 2.49 million.
The increase was the smallest rise in the jobless total since the March-to-May period in 2008, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed.
The unemployment rate is currently 7.9%, according to the ONS figures.
However, the number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell by 6,300 in November to 1.63 million, the first fall since February 2008.

Interesting that the number claiming JSA has dropped though!
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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Ermmm?

    What a load of s word. You cant spin something getting worse as good news.
  • downshifter98
    downshifter98 Posts: 384 Forumite
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    6,300 less claiming jobseekers seems good to me - in the past 6 weeks my wife has (finally) found a job, my daughter has managed to change jobs and I've heard 2 tales of jobs being offered to people who have turned them down (at the last minute) because they have found something better elsewhere - only anecdotal but it helps restore confidence. It's nearly Christmas and time for seeing a glass as half full for a change.....imho.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    good news - the less people that are out of work the better
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    3,000,000 by Christmas.

    Cancelled.

    Good news, in a way but still bad for those who have lost a job.
  • Heyman_2
    Heyman_2 Posts: 1,819 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    Ermmm?

    What a load of s word. You cant spin something getting worse as good news.

    No, but you can try and be positive in these difficult times. I don't want to see anyone lose their jobs and struggle - do you?
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    abaxas wrote: »
    Ermmm?

    What a load of s word. You cant spin something getting worse as good news.

    Well that's the first time I have been accused of spinning something into positive news :p
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Interesting that the number claiming JSA has dropped though!

    Presumably that's people that have been on the dole too long to continue claiming JSA.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    When there's just one person left with a job ... then that month the most that can lose their jobs is one.
    :)
  • cogito
    cogito Posts: 4,898 Forumite
    Looks like the private sector shake out is almost over. Public sector shake out hasn't started yet. This will get much worse.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Presumably that's people that have been on the dole too long to continue claiming JSA.

    Very good point actually.
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