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Ten million Brits are jobless zt
Jobcentre ... Jobseekers' claims are down
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By DAVID WOODING
Whitehall Editor
August 16, 2007
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NEARLY ten million Britons are out of work — one in four of the adult population. The figure is SIX TIMES higher than official jobless numbers.
It is a severe blow to Gordon Brown’s dream of getting the whole country in work.
Official stats published yesterday show unemployment at 1.65million — the lowest in more than a year. But they mask a hidden army of almost eight million people who are “economically inactive”.
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The stay-at-home brigade includes 2.35million carers, two million long-term sick, 198,000 temporarily sick, full-time mums, 1.9million students and those who simply do not want a job.
Many are a double burden as they claim benefits and do not pay tax.
Tories accused the PM of letting a “hidden pool of talent” go stagnant.
Shadow Treasury spokesman Philip Hammond said: “What a waste. Many could work, and would want to work, if given the right incentives and support.”
Yesterday’s figures showed the number claiming jobseekers’ allowance fell by 45,000 in the three months to June — the tenth drop in a row.
The number in work rose by 93,000 over the quarter to 29million, the second highest on record.
But the stats do not include 7,946,000 out of work and on benefits.
Taxpayers’ Alliance boss Matthew Elliott added: “Too many students are on non-courses that will be of no use when they graduate.”
But the Government hit back, saying the number of economically inactive was near a 15-year low, and that reforms to move people off incapacity benefits were working.
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