The number of people out of work for two years or more has risen from 44,300 in May 2010 to 99,700 in May 2012.
Britain isn’t working.
The coalition isn’t working…
(Source: ONS – claimant count)
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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