Comments on: Employment statistics better than expected

By: Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward

Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:02:37 +0000

[...] The economy looked to be slowly getting back on track. Unemployment fell by 7,000 between August and September, while employment rose by 6,000 in the three months to [...]

By: Is Brown’s Anti-Unemployment Strategy Working? | Think Politics Blog

Is Brown’s Anti-Unemployment Strategy Working? | Think Politics Blog — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:10:39 +0000

[...] which the Parallax Brief has found on the Office of National Statistics website (via Left Foot Forward), suggest that the Labour government’s efforts to combat unemployment may be more effective [...]

By: Politics Summary: Thursday, November 12th | Left Foot Forward

Politics Summary: Thursday, November 12th | Left Foot Forward — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:31 +0000

[...] the outlook of private sector economists and the Treasury’s predictions. Better than expected unemployment figures meant that “analysts tore up previous warnings that unemployment would hit three million next [...]

By: Denise Andrew

Denise Andrew — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:11:39 +0000

Employment statistics better than expected | Left Foot Forward: The ONS have some interesting analysis comparin.. http://bit.ly/3czPr3

By: CVRepublic

CVRepublic — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:14 +0000

Employment statistics better than expected (Left Foot Forward) http://url4.eu/jfFc

By: CVRepublic

CVRepublic — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:55:25 +0000

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By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:25:56 +0000

Here we go again – just heard PMQ’s.

Brown is going to deny youth unemployment is what it is. (Like 10p Tax and Boom and Bust and Tory Cuts – you know the types of things)

Cameron is going to keep asking does he agree that blah blah.

Brown claims black is white blah blah.

Cameron ditto.

Every media interviewer will start asking the same question to anybody in the Labour Party.

Is Youth Unemployment 19.8% or not? Labour MP’s wince and eventually stop doing interviews.

Three weeks from now Mandelson wriggles in the media (Gordon is still banging on about the big bad Tories blah blah) and then Brown climbs down admitting black is black and then claims he never said what the horrible biased media said about him.

As a partial observer (As a lifelong Labour voter I REALLY detest this government) why doesn’t someone stop this cycle?

If Labour think it’s bad now wait until a General Election. If Brown the Clown is still PM we are doomed.

By: Matt@ResolutionFoundation

Matt@ResolutionFoundation — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:08:23 +0000

I think it’s fair to say the jury is still out on where unemployment will go next (figures released by the CIPD today suggest that employment intentions are still in negative balance). It’s good news that the rate of deterioration has slowed, but we’re still going in the wrong direction. And, as you point out, the increase in long-term unemployed is worrying.

There’s a real danger that we’re moving to a highly polarised recession. Mobile, well-educated, highly trained and relatively cash-rich workers seem to be returning to work (and to normal) quickly following the shock to the financial system. They’re benefitting from increased globalisation (and a weak pound) and flexible labour market practices.

By contrast, low earners – those who were getting by without state assistance prior to the recession, but only just – are proving much less resilient. Firms are much less likely to offer the same flexibility to them that they provide for their higher skilled employees (because they’re not as difficult or expensive to replace when the growth returns), and they’re also much less likely to qualify for healthy redundancy payments to help them weather the storm and consider their options. For this group, the recession is looking a lot more like a traditional slog, and the worst may still be to come once the various time-limited recession policies put in place by the government come to an end.

And of course, we’re yet to experience public sector job cuts…

By: Jason Monastra

Jason Monastra — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:19 +0000

Employment statistics better than expected | Left Foot Forward: Employment rose by 6000 in the 3 months to Sept.. http://bit.ly/1aeJXh

By: Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:09:22 +0000

For anyone in the real world who has tried to claim JSA will realise it’s just more of the same old Labour Spin Machine in action…

In Wales 14000 more people are now unemployed but you metrosexuals in London really wouldn’t care about that would you?