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| TUC Regional Secretary Rob Johnston |
Responding to the latest unemployment figures published
today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, Midlands TUC Regional Secretary Rob Johnston said:
"Today's figures show some long overdue good news in
the labour market. New full-time jobs have been created and employment is up
while unemployment has fallen.
"However, there are still real concerns about this
being a sustainable recovery. Long-term youth unemployment has risen yet again,
the claimant count is still going up and while male unemployment fell by 52,000
in the quarter, the number of unemployed women only fell by 3,000.
"We now need to turn today's positive news into a
steady fall in unemployment. The government must invest in jobs to get the
economy growing again."
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