Jobs and Growth

Part of Debate on the Address – in the House of Commons at 1:44 pm on 17 May 2012.

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Photo of Alison McGovern Alison McGovern Labour, Wirral South 1:44, 17 May 2012

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I have thought a lot about youth unemployment over the past years. The former Government oversaw radical improvements, such as our intervention in the labour market with things like the new deal. I find it hard to characterise any of that work, which has been recognised around the globe, as cynical. I find that very difficult to believe.