Proceeding contribution from Nigel Griffiths (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 November 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Employment.
Employment
May I tell my right hon. Friend that in Edinburgh, South in 1997, 2,037 people were languishing on the dole, but that this summer, thanks to the efforts of the new deal and this Government, that number fell to 667? I feel sorry for my right hon. Friend, because I know that he was waiting for an apology from the Opposition Front-Bench team for their policies of mass unemployment in the 1980s and 1990s, which they would bring back in this century.
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- 2007-08
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- Employment Government assistance Jobcentre Plus Job creation Pensioners Redundancy New deal schemes Unemployment Social security Training Local employment partnerships
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