Blog posts tagged "ONS"

December 14, 2011 4:04 pm 13 Comments

Mr Miliband reminded MPs of the Chancellor's optimistic assessment at the time of the spending review in November last year. George Osborne said at the time that private sector job creation would "far outweigh" cuts in public sector employment. But have those high hopes - based on forecasts from the independent Office of Budget Responsibility, been dashed?

November 16, 2011 1:00 pm 4 Comments

“These figures show just how much our economy is being affected by the crisis in the eurozone.” Chris Grayling, September 16 2011 The background The employment minister has pinned the blame for this week’s dire unemployment figures firmly on the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. We’ve already FactChecked the claim – increasing popular on the [...]

November 14, 2011 4:30 pm 21 Comments

The grim news that a "slow, painful contraction" is expected in the jobs market was met with defiance by the DWP. "We always said that the road to recovery would be tough - there is a long way to go until before we deal with all the economic challenges ahead particularly given the crisis in the Eurozone," a spokesman said. The problem is, said the Department, the message isn't getting through that despite the gloom, there are jobs out there. In fact, there are 10,000 new jobs advertised every day at the Jobcentre, they insisted.

February 16, 2011 5:17 pm 9 Comments

The claim "The level of youth unemployment actually went up by 40 per cent under the last government" David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, February 16, 2011