Over the quarter ended July, net job gains was 236,000. Private sector creating jobs galore. Nearly 30 million employed - only 11,000 below an all time high. (Per ONS).

Take a look at regional differences, available income, part-time employment, youth unemployment and the growth figures.

It aint working for the NHS!

The recent growth figures seemed to suggest we're still in recession, so in answer to the question, no, not yet.

IIRC, the recent growth has still not seen us back at the levels of July 2011.



But food banks are on the rise, so obviously it's good times for some.

He and his statisticians will also have an eye on the last quarter figures of the year - every Olympic host city in modern times has reported a slump in sales and confidence in the quarter after hosting the games, some still argue that its where Greece's problems started...

And we already know that retail was hit.

Apart from John Lewis, which has done wonderfully - up 60%. It's common -ownership really does show us the way. As The Guardian points out today cleaners and caterers were outsoruced 30 years ago. Current members don't want to let back them in as members / partners because they would dilute their own big bonuses, because current members don't think they "deserve" a share of the profits, etc. So, the "workers" are just as self-interested and selfish as the traditional bosses. Well, there's a surprise. I think I'll boycott Waitrose until they start paying their cleaners properly rather than reducing their hours and paying them £6.08 / hour.

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Every sector can’t have gone down as the workforce has increased

I wonder how much of that increase is down to seasonal work, e.g. agriculture and tourism?

Thats a stat that couldn't be answered by a so-called "expert" on the radio last night, was is clear is that a lot of job creation in the private sector (there is virtually nil in the public sector) is of short term contracts, temporary contracts or agency work, the company I work for has all of the large staff agencies in the country as customers and we have never been busier than we are now.



It may be a sign of the times and it doesn't always help the individual or the country as a whole when temporary contracts are the permanent state of affairs in large businesses, it certainly won't help the financial services sector.