Another blow for the Chancellor as new jobs data is released
New jobs figures show that the growing numbers of people are choosing a life on “benefits street” because of the way Chancellor Rachel Reeves and other Labour Ministers have managed the economy, Conservatives claimed. Unemployment has fallen but the number classed as “economically inactive” has risen to 20,489,441 people, a rise of 68,917. They are not officially unemployed because they are not looking for a job.
Andrew Griffith, Shadow Business Secretary, said: “These figures disguise the fact that many people have fallen out of the workforce and are adding to the ever greater ranks of sick note Britain where being on Benefits Street is better than a hard days graft. We need to create an economy that encourages people back into the workforce.” And Helen Whately, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said: “Labour are killing jobs and people are giving up.”
