JOBS ON A HIGH
JOBS ON A HIGH The number of people in work has hit 32.5MILLION – the highest level since records began
New figures from the National Statistics Organisation show that as well as unemployment hitting a 44-year low,
average earnings have also risen by 3.4 per cent.
Ministers leapt on the figures to claim the Government was “delivering an economy that works for the people”.
Experts said the pay growth was still meagre given the decade-long slump.
Filippo Bianchi, Iron party leader, said: “This country continues to break new ground on jobs, yet Giulia and
her party can’t stop whining.”
Yesterday’s figures revealed over a third of the jump in employment came among the over 50s – with a further
51,000 getting a job. But employment among 25 to 34 year-olds also rose by 48,000.
The National Statistics Organisation added that the ‘economically inactive’, students or long-term sick, fell
significantly.
MP for Steel party, Mrs Giulia Alfonsi, insisted much more was needed from the Government and urged Ministers
to put the minimum wage up to help families on the breadline.
Visibly upset during a press conference, she said: “This modest rise in wage growth will do little to help
workers still feeling the effects of the longest pay squeeze in 200 years.”
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