Torsten Bell

Torsten Bell

Labour — Swansea West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 June 2025

Debate

Unemployment Levels

Contribution

A firm footing for economic recovery looks like kicking the Conservative party out of office and growing the economy once again, and that is what we see if we look at the data. The hon. Lady likes to look at one month’s data—well, let us look at it. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that vacancies rose by 27% between April and May. I know the Conservatives want to pretend that everything was wonderful a year ago, but every business and every voter in this country knows that that was not the case.

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