http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2015/nov/11/uk-employment-gains-unlikely-to-trigger-rate-rise We are moving further towards the goal of full employment that we set out in our manifesto. (Says the latest conservative party Lie Sheet) The economy is creating plenty of jobs. Unemployment is falling. The proportion of people in work has never been higher. Great News? More people on Zero hour contracts (reducing the unemployment figures) more people on short time hours and having to claim tax credits (reducing the unemployment figures), more people on "education" courses (reducing the unemployment figures) more people on government subsidies "apprentice" schemes (reducing the unemployment figures) and other nefarious government scams to delude the public into believing that the government is doing something to tackle the problem and is the party for working people. Conservative propaganda wrapped in government lies.
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http://news.sky.com/story/1243530/official-average-earnings-outpace-inflation Official: Average Earnings Outpace Inflation Wages higher than inflation "Jobless numbers continue to fall as total pay exceeds inflation" There are probably some people who actually believe this nonsense. Unemployment is "down" thanks to zero hours contracts, temporary "placements" where the government pay the employer to take on an unemployed person for a fixed period of time and the use of "work for benefits" type labour. Earnings are "outpacing" inflation due solely to a fall in energy prices on the RPI (food prices continue to roar ahead) and the inclusion of "bonus payments" in the wages and salaries figure. How many ordinary people actually receive bonus payments? You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-to-pledge-a-job-for-every-young-person-out-of-work-for-a-year-9180102.html?origin=internalSearch Labour to pledge a job for every young person out of work for a year Labour Pledges Jobs Guarantee Extension for 50,000 Long-Term Young Unemployed The Labour Party of 2014, follows in the wake of the Labour Party of the last 25 years. There is, and has been for decades, a fundamental flaw in the philosophy and policies of a party which addresses the problem of unemployment generally and, in this instance youth unemployment in particular, with the myth that says we can use taxpayers money (no matter from where such tax money may be sourced), to provide employers with a source of "free" labour and then claim that the government is doing a grand job of providing opportunities and reducing unemployment figures.The reality of course is that the government, be it Labour, Tory or Coalition, is doing nothing of the s...
This thought should be remembered by all those, who demonise, demean, mock, patronise or otherwise insult the sick,the disabled, the unemployed, the benefit claimants, those reliant on Foodbanks and other charities, the poor and the homeless and all those other sections of our society who are vulnerable and least able to defend themselves.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/16/unemployment-rates-drop-income-growth-wages Unemployment drops but income growth remains slow, ONS reports Before anyone becomes overwhelmed with euphoria and hysterical celebration, just remember two things. (a) The statistical figures are produced by the Office for national Statistics, that government body more interested in spin and propaganda than truth. (b) That taking people off the register by providing either part time or zero hour employment and putting people into part time education, is not reducing unemployment in real terms. It is a government exercise in smoke and mirrors, designed to trick people into believing that they are reducing unemployment, we are out of the economic crisis and that the ConDem coalition (AKA Tory) economic policies have got everything under control.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/04/benefit-claimants-taxpayers-alliance-work-dole_n_3863951.html?1378280866&utm_hp_ref=uk Benefit Claimants Should Work For Their Dole, Taxpayers' Alliance Demands The TPA was founded in 2004 by "a group of "libertarian" Conservatives, frustrated by what they saw as the party's decision to ditch its traditional tax cutting message." The Tax Payers Alliance. A fringe pressure group, lurking somewhere on the right of British politics, who regularly come out with some headline or other, usually ill conceived and certainly ill-considered, seeking to grab attention and peddle what they consider may be popular with public opinion. When looked at more closely, the TPA argument is clearly unrealistic nonsense. The number of people out of work is 2.51 million in June, according to the Office for National Statistics of which 1.4 million are actually claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.The Tax Pa...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/09/iain-duncan-smith-benefit-cap-rebuked_n_3245186.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith has been rebuked for falsely claiming the coalition's controversial benefits cap had already caused 8,000 people to move into jobs. Ever since Roman times, politicians (and others) have used propaganda to spread ideas and perceptions amongst people, to further a specific message or political position. Garth Jowett and Victoria O'Donnell provided a definition as "Propaganda is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist." The most refined manifestation of this was of course, Joseph Goebbels and his use of a propaganda machine between 1926 and 1945 in Germany. "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it". ...
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/10326074.Restaurants_bring_jobs_boost_at_Dorchester_s_Brewery_Square/ Where are the manufacturing jobs? PLAN: Andrew Wadsworth with a model of Brewery Square Getting people into work is always welcome, but when are we going to start crating work in manufacturing industries rather than service industries. Growth in this country will not come about as a result of selling a few more Margherita pizzas, Sushi dishes or Linguine ai Gamberi.