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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by peterclary on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:43PM (#15761684)
Worth noting that you’re not counted as unemployed if you’re working as little as 1 hour a week, or if you’re on a government training scheme or on Workfare.

Given that many people who work are in poverty it would be more meaningful to track the numbers in poverty.

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by crdoconnor on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:46PM (#15761705)
Officially the UK hit the lowest level of unemployment in like 25 years.

That's bullshit of course. For the reasons you mentioned.

Still didn't go up. Still went down.

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:07AM (#15764083)
The figures for underemployment are down as well.
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