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Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 December 2025

Debate

Jobs Market: Wider Economic Implications

Contribution

The Minister omitted to mention that unemployment has now risen to 1,830,000 and, perhaps most chilling of all, that the number of young people without the dignity of work has risen to 735,000. Do the Government now accept that the triple blow of the jobs tax in last year’s Budget, the increased income tax levels in this year’s Budget and the unemployment Act, which received Royal Assent earlier today, have all contributed to the fact that unemployment is rising to 2 million people? What is she going to do about it?

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