So far the UK "jobless rate" is 2.22mn up 244k in the last quarter. That takes it to 7.1%.
You add in the c2.5mn (yes that is not a typo... 2.5mn) people claiming "incapacity benefit" which for many is just a ruse to avoid doing a decent days work and you are not far off 5 mn already.
So I am confused why is 5mn unemployed such a "scare story".... just because labour lies call the mass unemployed something else these days for propaganda purposes doesn't mean they are not still "unemployed" and a drain on the country's resources....
Spain is well on its way to 20% unemployment... Ireland is already at 11%.... but oooooh no that couldn't happen here because we have a government that knows what it is doing..... errrrhemmm.
I can't help but feel despite everything that is in the press people on this forum still do not "get it".... the situation is not just bad... it is bloomin awful.