UK unemployment total reaches 17-year high

Rinoa

At 8.1% UK unemployment still under EU average of 9.3%. Even Germany is 6% and everyone thinks they have a brilliant economic model.

Graham_Devon

Rinoa wrote: »

At 8.1% UK unemployment still under EU average of 9.3%. Even Germany is 6% and everyone thinks they have a brilliant economic model.

You have to compare us to some pretty poor countries to use the EU average figure.

Rinoa

Graham_Devon wrote: »

You have to compare us to some pretty poor countries to use the EU average figure.

And some very good ones too. That's what averages are Graham.

Average EU youth unemployment is 21%. Not just us then.

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php?title=Fileable_youth_unemployment_MS.png&filetimestamp=20110930132346

Mexas

Looking good in the North West....

Mrs_Bones

pqrdef wrote: »

The Christian work ethic mafiosi at the DWP will do their nuts, but their timing couldn't have been worse anyway. Cameron is a politician through and through, unencumbered by morality or ideology, and he will win. The Benefits Agency, having been told to try to get people off other benefits onto JSA, will now be told to keep people off JSA if at all possible.

I've always said that the 3 million figure of unemployment is the danger mark for politicians. All this talk of getting all the single parents, people of illness benefit etc on to JSA instead will cease if the unemployment figure gets near that magic 3 mark.

Most rational people know the true unemployment figure has always been way higher than those officially released. Politicians run on opinion polls and looks and thinking of the next election do count more then any moral or ideological principles. The conservatives left 3 million unemployed last time they were in, they will not want that again on their record.