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grufty jim
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Re: Tories and unemployment benefits
Aug 22, 2008, 16:56
Right, but as Merrick has already pointed out, those on JSA do not make up the total number of unemployed. Not even close. Governments see it as being in their interest to minimise the 'unemployed' figure (it's -- wrongly -- seen as a barometer of success). So they split the statistics into different categories so that they can cite smaller-sounding numbers when pressed.

The actual number of unemployed (i.e. those available for work) is closer to 1.6 million. It's that total number that will be targeted by any compulsory work order, so it's that total number that we should be focussing on.
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