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16 March 2016updated 21 Sep 2021 4:58am

The hidden truth behind George Osborne’s record on jobs

Busting the “jobs miracle” myth of the Chancellor’s 2016 Budget.

By Harry Lambert

George Osborne will begin his seventh budget by heralding Britain’s “jobs miracle” and congratulating himself on lowering unemployment to 5 per cent.

Britain, he will declare, is reaching “full employment”. Many of those still unemployed aren’t really jobless, they’re just at a stage of inevitable churn in-between jobs.

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