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Unemployment: Forgotten Issue?
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by liamssoft | June 7, 2007 at 03:41 am
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According to the opinion polls unemployment is not an issue. But ask any of the thousands of people who have just lost their jobs or their houses recently, or are earning less than they were five years ago, and you would find a completely different story. Carry out a poll in London, and as you would expect, its not an issue. Carry out the same pole in the rest of the U.K. and you would get an accurate answer.
When Mr Blair came to power in 1997, just over 2 million people were out of work. Labour spent millions seeking to cut dole queues with programmes such as the New Deal for the young unemployed.But in recent months the rate has been creeping up again and currently stands at 1.7 million, according to the ILO labour force survey.
Although the way unemployment is measured has changed over the years, both the ILO survey, which measures the number of people seeking work, and the claimant count are roughly the same as they were in 1979.
At that time it was seen as a national scandal, with the Conservatives claiming in an iconic general election poster "Labour isn't working".
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at 04:51 on June 7th, 2007
liamssoft, this is really good stuff.
at 04:58 on June 7th, 2007
Thank you Radical-Images this issue needs
highlighting due to lack of exposure. Although London is doing very nicely in
employment its not the same everywhere else.
at 20:52 on June 9th, 2007
Earlier, the state was considered responsible for unemployment rates. But in the post Cold war era, in a world driven by induvidual choice and free market values, unemployment is an blamed on the individual. But let's see for how long...
at 13:17 on June 10th, 2007
Thank you PhotoDevaRaya
I agree with your sentiments.