UNITE: No good news in jobless rise – aloof government out of touch on workers’ fears
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: “Youth unemployment is at record levels and unemployment is the highest in 17 years and will continue to get worse.
It’s outrageous for Chris Grayling to claim there is some good news in these figures. Only a party that is completely out-of touch with what is really happening to Britain would try to claim there is hope in its economic policies. There is no good news only the tragedy of a lost generation of young people.
“The government’s aloof response to mounting unemployment will give no confidence that it is committed to growth, or it understands that not only is it stimulating unemployment, it is also stimulating a rise in insecure work. It is not just joblessness we need to fear but job insecurity and low waged work. How can this be deemed growth?
“Not so long ago we thought we’d left the scourge of mass unemployment behind us. The people of this country have a right to be very angry that this government has brought ruined lives and towns back to Britain. Unless this Tory-led government changes course it will break Britain.”
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Contact: Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315
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