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Unemployment falls 35,000
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Rubbish its all lies:DOfficial MR B fan club,dont go............................0 -
................................................................................................" ... despite this latest decrease, the level of unemployment is significantly higher than it was a year ago, in fact it is some 170,000 higher than it was at the same point a year ago,""The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
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Thank Gideon! We're all saved!1. The house price crash will begin.
2. There will be a dead cat bounce.
3. The second leg down will commence.
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http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/april-2012/index.html
- The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.4 per cent, up 0.1 on the quarter. There were 29.17 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 53,000 on the quarter. The unemployment rate was 8.3 per cent of the economically active population, down 0.1 on the quarter. There were 2.65 million unemployed people, down 35,000 on the quarter. This is the first quarterly fall in unemployment since the three months to May 2011. The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 23.1 per cent, down 0.1 on the quarter. There were 9.27 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 25,000 on the quarter.
- Total pay (including bonuses) rose by 1.1 per cent on a year earlier, down 0.2 on the three months to January 2012. Regular pay (excluding bonuses) rose by 1.6 per cent on a year earlier, unchanged on the three months to January 2012. Bonus payments were lower in January and February 2012 than in the first two months of 2011, particularly in the finance and business services sector.
In addition there is very good news for those living in the 'Yorkshire and Humber' and 'North East' regions which have seen unemployment rates plummet and employment rates rise by almost 1.5% points!0 -
Strange...
He was quick on the ball when they went up though.
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HPC.co.uk seems to have missed this so far as well ;-)0
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"So despite this latest decrease, the level of unemployment is significantly higher than it was a year ago, in fact it is some 170,000 higher than it was at the same point a year ago," he said.TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "While any rise in the number of jobs is welcome, the fact is that full-time employment is still falling and a record 1.4 million are now stuck in involuntary part-time work.Mike Fetters, director at jobs website Totaljobs.com, said: "Today's figures flatter to deceive.
"Whilst on the surface they look rosier than those of the past few months, they hide a number of concerns - not least the staggeringly high levels of underemployment.
and there you have it dudesMaidstone Prices - average reductions at 8.5% (£19,668) Feb 2012 - We thought the dudes were not allowed to drop prices?0 -
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I really expected to come here and see that Graham_Devon has already posted this.
What was I thinking?"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship." - Benjamin Franklin0
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