GreatAlbatrossMA to United KingdomEnglish · 4 months agoMore than a fifth of UK adults not looking for workwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down16
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkMore than a fifth of UK adults not looking for workwww.bbc.co.ukGreatAlbatrossMA to United KingdomEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoAnd conveniently the way unemployment is counted these people are not included in the figure.
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoHasn’t it been that way since unemployment was recorded anywhere in the world? It’s just like disposable income. It doesn’t mean what people think it’s means.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoTo some extent yes, but they’re always fiddling the way it’s counted in the UK to make it seem better.
And conveniently the way unemployment is counted these people are not included in the figure.
Hasn’t it been that way since unemployment was recorded anywhere in the world?
It’s just like disposable income. It doesn’t mean what people think it’s means.
To some extent yes, but they’re always fiddling the way it’s counted in the UK to make it seem better.