Unemployment is no longer a good measurement for poverty...having a job is no longer a guarantee of being able to sustain yourself.
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What an indictment to the Tories that is!
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Precisely. "work your way out of poverty" or indeed into it.
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64,000 more people on zero hours contracts, then?
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Better than no work.
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Certainly better for the unemployment figures.
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I would count as employed with my agency but haven't had work since February. Hugely misleading.
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Errrrr we have not left yet! And how many of these people are off job seekers and claiming in work benefits or zero hours

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Or have been knocked off the numbers because they've been sanctioned and therefore no longer count
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A shift from out of work poverty to in work poverty. Rejoice!
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This is just a reduction of people signing onto Jobseeker's Allowance, mainly because they are being rejected!
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We haven't left yet! It hasn't happened yet! How many more times does that point have to be made??
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Great, maybe down to Brexit? Better things to come once out of the EU club.
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TEAMGB all set to rise after EU exit Need: No Sgle Mkt No Customs Union No ECJ No FreeMv
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Hurry up and read this before the BBC take it down, it's actually reported something positive about our country... Clearly a mistake!!!
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