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Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Liam Byrne: Since the pre-Budget report, more than 3 million people have been moved off unemployment benefits. Across the country, a targeted effort has been made to assist those communities most hit by unemployment, including initiatives such as the working neighbourhoods fund, which is worth more than £1 billion, and the new £1 billion future jobs fund designed to create 150,000 jobs.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Liam Byrne: As I am sure my hon. Friend would agree, the best route out of poverty remains the prospect of work, which is why we have been so determined over the past year to take combined action on monetary policy and fiscal policy, which together are now supporting about 500,000 jobs. However, in addition, we realise that some communities need targeted help, which is why the future jobs fund will seek...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Liam Byrne: The truth is that the recession is hitting different countries differently. If we look at the United States, the unemployment rate is 10 per cent; if we look at France, the unemployment rate is 10 per cent; and if we look at Germany and Japan, the fall in their respective gross domestic product is greater than ours. The fact that we have been able to put in place a fiscal stimulus worth 4 per...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Liam Byrne: My hon. Friend has put his finger on precisely the point. Over the course of this year, the Opposition have said consistently that we cannot afford a fiscal stimulus. That was repeated month on month, until the shadow Chancellor's recent speech, when he began to nuance their position. The truth is that without the support that we have put in place over the past year, the jobs that we are now...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009) has video

Liam Byrne: None of the measures that the hon. Gentleman mentioned has been stopped. In the pre-Budget report and in the Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was clear when he said that the measures that we have put in place have to be targeted and have to last only as long as the problem exists. That is why it is quite right that as recovery returns to our economy, some measures should be...