Unemployment falls by 82,000
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, official figures showed today.
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, official figures showed today.
Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs:
Obviously there is no room for complacency - there are still far too many people who are long-term unemployed.
But in these figures we can see 40,000 more people in work, vacancies are up, unemployment is down by 82,000, the claimant count is down.
Over a million extra private sector jobs under this Government.
He said there was clearly "more to do" through the Government's criticised Work Programme system to deal with "stubbornly high" long-term jobless rates.
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