LABOUR IS WORKINGUnlike the dark days of life under Thatchers Tories Labour really is working
New figures showing employment is at a level of 29.1 million – the highest figure on record – have been welcomed by Cllr Mike Amesbury.The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance is down, while vacancies remain high at 668.8 thousand. Over 100 major employers have now committed to the Labour Government’s Local Employment Partnerships (LEPs), working with Jobcentre Plus to fast track long-term benefit claimants into work. Mike Amesbury said: “Today's vacancy figures, combined with the involvement of over 100 major companies in the LEP scheme, mean those who are able to work can find a job.“Those who ten years ago would have been left behind now have the chance to clock in, working for themselves and providing for their families."The challenge for us is to find new ways of helping people develop the skills and confidence they need to take advantage of these opportunities. The companies involved in LEPs have shown their commitment to British workers and we will give people the support they need to get into work."Our strong and stable economy has helped deliver record numbers in work and with unemployment continuing to fall we have in our sights the ambition of reaching full employment within a generation."
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This is a bit tokenistic but certainly got me thinking.
In 1996, John Prescott came to Manchester and struggled to find a single young person in work in East Manchester. That was the legacy of Thatcherism.
In 2006, he came back to Manchester for Labour Party conference and struggled to find a
single young person who wasn't in work, education or training.
That is Labour's legacy.
Probably illustrates the point better than my blurb.
I remember in the 1980's drinking in a pub in Moss Side and the two or three people who were in teh pub were known by the fat that they were in work, "brewery bob", "terry the postman" and so on. Everyone else was on the dole.
The task now is to really be radical in terms of welfare reform.
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