Unemployment

Part of Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 4:20 pm on 10 March 2009.

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Photo of James Purnell James Purnell Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 4:20, 10 March 2009

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point in his usual way. He is right—the Conservatives were more interested in fiddling the figures than in helping people back to work. That was no accident; they were not prepared to increase spending to get people back to work. As I have said several times, they would repeat that mistake.