GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoMore than a fifth of UK adults not looking for workwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down16
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkMore than a fifth of UK adults not looking for workwww.bbc.co.ukGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTWeaK@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoAnd conveniently the way unemployment is counted these people are not included in the figure.
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHasn’t it been that way since unemployment was recorded anywhere in the world? It’s just like disposable income. It doesn’t mean what people think it’s means.
minus-squareTWeaK@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTo some extent yes, but they’re always fiddling the way it’s counted in the UK to make it seem better.
And conveniently the way unemployment is counted these people are not included in the figure.
Hasn’t it been that way since unemployment was recorded anywhere in the world?
It’s just like disposable income. It doesn’t mean what people think it’s means.
To some extent yes, but they’re always fiddling the way it’s counted in the UK to make it seem better.