NEWS
ONS figures showing a mixed picture with the jobs landscapes
The industry has been responding to the latest ONS jobless figures.
Headline unemployment figure recorded a significant fall of 88,000 over the quarter to April, and unemployment still stands below the 2.5 million mark.
Total employment grew by 80,000 in the quarter to April, and the figures for public and private sector employment (which refer to March 2011), show that the growth in private sector employment (104,000) since December 2010 more than offset the decline in public sector employment (24,000), although the public sector figures for this period include significant numbers of temporary jobs related to the Census...
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