Claimant count fall by 32,300, Unemployment holds at 7.8%

StevieJ

boomerangs wrote: »

Err..no. The figures only relate to people of working age.

Pensioners can be of working age, especially when they cut those public sector jobs, presumably the older employees will move from public employment to pension.

Kohoutek

These figures are irrelevant anyway because the true picture of how many jobs the economy can sustain without government emergency support will only emerge once the next government starts to cut the deficit.

Entertainer

boomerangs wrote: »

Now that is interesting. So the true unemployment rate is 21.5%. And even that figure is probably fiddled. It just shows you can't believe a word the government says.

Being of working age and not in work does not consitute being unemployed. You have to be actively seeking work and not being able to find it to be unemployed which is what the Labour Force Survey measures.

Jonbvn

Graham_Devon wrote: »

To give a local example. Devonport don't know where they stand in terms of government contracts. The government has stated it will release information after the general election.

GD,

I used to work for DML several years ago. Do they have the contract for refitting the SSBM's, or has that gone to Rosyth?

Graham_Devon

Jonbvn wrote: »

GD,

I used to work for DML several years ago. Do they have the contract for refitting the SSBM's, or has that gone to Rosyth?

In all honesty, I don't know.

I don't have anything to do with it. Just they had a 10 min report about it last night on the local news.

Blacklight

doire wrote: »

Tell the public sector that

Well perhaps if they'd stop pouring money down the drain, actively took an interest in where their budget was going every year instead of trying to get rid of it all by year end they'd all keep their jobs.

Problem seems to be that most council workers walk around like mindless zombies with no grasp no finance because they've never worked in a commercial environment and have to bear no responsibility or accountability for any of their actions with tax payers money. The general feeling is poor public sector workers get a raw deal with their £250k payouts but bankers are evil - try taking a look at the incompetence of councils who tried to make a quick buck putting our money in Iceland or pay contractors for work that hasn't been done before the end of March so they get the same budget again come April.

While we're at it, drag their pensions in line with the real world too.

Really2

Blacklight wrote: »

Well perhaps if they'd stop pouring money down the drain, actively took an interest in where their budget was going every year instead of trying to get rid of it all by year end they'd all keep their jobs.

It's a good point, but that is kind of forced on them centrally. Usually if they are frugal and have money left over they have that amount deducted out of there next years budget.

Perhaps the budget system needs to be rethought.

jim83

I feel compelled to point out that claimant count actually rose and is higher now than at any point during the recession - it was only seasonal adjustment that caused the headline figure to drop.

lemonjelly

Really2 wrote: »

Why have they announced how many will be cut this year?
Or do you need to poor a bit of cold water on some good news?;)

Erm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8571793.stm

perhaps the start of further upwards trends?
60000 is a lot!:eek:

Really2

lemonjelly wrote: »

Erm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8571793.stm

perhaps the start of further upwards trends?
60000 is a lot!:eek:

Over 8 years though, that is not going to ballon to badly on overall employment (hopefully)
I presume a lot of that can be done through not hiring after retirement also.