Sentences with phrase «youth unemployment figures»

During yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions the Prime Minister was questioned about the recent rise in youth unemployment figures.

The Conservatives have accused Labour of seeking to «talk down the economy» by latching on to the recent youth unemployment figures when the total number out of work in the UK fell by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to December.

Today's youth unemployment figures highlight the need for a much more joined up approach from years 14 to 24.

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Commenting on the latest jobless figures and the news that youth unemployment has crossed the one million mark, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Unite, the UK's largest union, has criticised Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg's plan to provide subsidised work and training placements as a «short - term figure - massaging exercise» which will do little to address record youth unemployment.

General secretary Brendan Barber welcomed the unemployment figures published in July 2012, describing them as «excellent news», but he pointed out that long - term youth joblessness was up by 18,000 on the quarter to 421,000, and urged the government to prioritise tackling long - term youth unemployment.

This week's figures showed youth unemployment has risen to 1,042,000, but deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told MPs in prime minister's questions this Wednesday that youth unemployment had risen by 40 % under Labour.

And, in more gloomy news, figures last week showed unemployment reached 2.57 million and youth unemployment almost reach the one million barrier.

Commenting on the latest jobless figures and the news that youth unemployment has crossed the one million mark, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «These shocking figures on youth unemployment come at a time when the Government is inflicting severe cuts on 16 - 19 education.

This is a particularly startling figure because it represents a # 2bn rise on the estimated cost of youth unemployment announced by Miliband just three months ago when he launched the Association of Chief Executive and Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) commission on youth unemployment in February.

We costed the levels of youth unemployment on the basis of the figures for the first quarter of 2011, which showed a net present value cost of some # 28bn.

Youth unemployment is down, also by 49,000, to below the symbolic one million figure, for the first time in over a year.

The figure, the highest since the mid-1970s, follows Spain's prolonged recession and deep spending cuts.Spain unemployment rate hit a record: youth rate at 55 %

The latest labour market figures due on Wednesday are expected to reinforce the picture of falling youth unemployment and rising vacancies.