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  • Carrieanne
    Carrieanne Posts: 122 Forumite
    From memory, all figures are circa, the last official stats I saw suggested UK population is 67M, 41M of whom are of working age (aged 16-64) and 32M are employed... the 9M or so who are not are classed as economically inactive. It suits governments of all colours to have a very narrow definition of unemployment in order to manipulate figures.
  • bigbill
    bigbill Posts: 930 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Did you not claim New Style Contribution Based Jobseekers Allowance?

    Or

    Do you have rent to pay that required a UC claim as well?
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