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Unemployment is at its lowest level for over 30 years, the government said today. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 11,000 jobseekers came off unemployment benefits last month. This brings the total claimant count down to 813,000, echoing figures last achieved in April 1975. The ONS data show 134,200 people have come… Read more »
Coalition forces are “winning the battle” against the Taliban in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown has told MPs. Delivering a progress update for the central Asian country, the prime minister told the Commons British forces had “taken the initiative” and were “isolating and eliminating” the insurgency’s leadership. He congratulated UK forces for their successful assault on the… Read more »
