Tag Archives: unemployment

Self employed included in employment statistics BUT are excluded from calculations of UK average weekly wage

Posted on June 22, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Ripped Off Britons (ROB) There are many ways, and many more motives, to raise an average. For example here are two ways to raise Average Wages: 1) Have more people on higher pay 2) Have fewer people on … Continue reading →

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Involuntary volunteers?

Posted on July 6, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

This is what the Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM) have to say about Community Work Placements advocated by Iain Duncan Smith and the DWP. The Association of Volunteer Managers advises its members to think very seriously before getting involved with the new Community Work … Continue reading →

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Austerity IS NOT working!

Posted on May 18, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

austerity has failed to create jobs or economic growth. As  predicted, the government has attacked jobs, pensions and pay, threatened privatisation and attacked and demonised those entitled to welfare. Yet all of this has worsened rather than improved the economy … Continue reading →

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Unemployment higher than reported as bungling government omits Universal Credit claimants from official figures

Posted on February 16, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Mirror Now, imagine if you will for a minute, that you made cock up after cock up in your place of work. What do you think might happen? written warning? P45? WHY is this incompetent minister still … Continue reading →

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When is a job not a job?

Posted on February 9, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Louise Baldock- Labour MP for Stockton South Creating jobs or creative accounting? You will have seen Tory boasts that unemployment is coming down, a million more people are now in work and the private sector has created many … Continue reading →

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Britons In ‘Forced Penury’ Due To Victorian Welfare Rules, Leading Academics Warn

Posted on January 15, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Huffington Post     Iain Duncan Smith‘s welfare reforms are forcing many Britons into “forced penury” as they mark an increasing return to the principles of the Victorian “Poor Laws”, leading academics have warned. Dr Chris Grover, … Continue reading →

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Carney set to change target for rate rises

Posted on January 6, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from The Sunday Times So, Carney is changing the unemployment benchmark from 7% to 6.5% or lower… why is that I wonder; could it be because the bank did not expect there to be a drop to 7% until … Continue reading →

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We Must Stop the ‘Painful Increase’ in Need for Donations of Food and Clothing

Posted on December 24, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

    On the busiest Christmas shopping day of the year staff at Action for Children are working to support the poorest families across the UK stay warm and fed. This is a sad reflection of the worsening effects of the tough … Continue reading →

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Is There Another Iain Duncan Smith Scandal Waiting To break?

Posted on December 11, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reblogged from Ayes to the left Osborne’s housing bubble,  falling living standards and cost of living crisis are not the only problems we have threatening to derail this quasi economic recovery, we also have a massive scandal in the making about statistics … Continue reading →

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