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Topic History of: Unemployment heading towards 7 million
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BR	For those on Incapacity Benefit - I do realise that many of the 2.2 million are genuinely unable to work due to illness. But would you agree with me that if you are on Incapacity Benefit and over 40 that employers wont employ you anymore ? It seems that Incapacity Benefit is more of a prison - for very little money. I dont believe outside the hardcore workshy - that anyone wants to be one of the 7 million. Everyone wants to work more. I think the min wage should be
emmapeelfanclub	Unemployment figures were being fiddled with in the early 90's. A relative of mine worked in a job centre and she told me it was "standard procedure" to bump the figures down monthly. If every job centre was doing this, then one shudders to think what the REAL total of unemployed people actually was. So I can well believe that the current number is incorrect and that it is higher than officially claimed.
Al	Meanwhile, our lunatic government choose an economic recession where jobs are being lost by thousands each week to threaten the unemployed with dire consequences if they don't find work. When jobs are few, the long term unemployed will be the last to be considered by employers who are looking for recent references and experience. A government minister admitted on BBC Question Time, a few months ago, that the number of people out of work was near 5 million. Most did not claim unemployment benefit and so were not counted in the official jobless figures. People had been shuffled on to various other benefits in order to keep the figures low.
Chris Retro	My mum works at a jobcentre - and says that the numbers claiming jobseekers allowance have in fact DOUBLED in the last 6 months - and she expects this rise considerably in the coming months as more firms cut back or go bust - and bear in mind there are currently many would-be claimants working seasonal jobs who will be back signing on in January.... What's more she doesn't work in a city-centre office but one in a 'middle-class' area...
WHAT???	I think you may be the one who is "cosmetically adjusting" figures. Does it not occur to you that the 2.2 million on incapacity benefit are INCAPABLE of finding work out of no fault of their own? Another 1 million might not want to work as they may be stay at home mothers/fathers, fortunate enough not to need to work or choose not to work because they are below retirement age and take early retirement? Yet another negative, unfounded, senationalised piece of nonsense.