Employment Trends

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 7 January 2019.

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That is a typically forthright question from my right hon. Friend. To compare rates, in France the unemployment rate is over 9% I believe, but of course the other incredibly important progress we have made is in youth unemployment. That has been almost halved since 2010, thanks to the work we have been doing in government.