Labor‘S Jess Philips Has agreed that it does not feel If the economy was going well, As he admitted that the increase in unemployment was “disappointing”.
The MP of Birmingham Yardley also said that people would take time before feeling a low “skint”, as Britain’s unemployed rate has hit its highest level for four years.
Tell him that “it doesn’t feel like things are going well”. After the release of unemployment figures, he said to the Good Morning Britain of ITV: “I agree. Today the issue of unemployment data is something on which every government should be fully focused.
“And as the Labor Party has made it very clear since coming to the government, proceeding on economic growth and moving forward is the only way we are going to exit for years of stability and under-investment in our country for years.”
He said: “I am not far from the fact that, of course, any level of unemployment is disappointing.
“Labor party, since it came to power, has created around 400,000 additional jobs that were not in the earlier economy. It has given a salary increase to three million people. In the last 10 months, wages have increased rapidly in the last 10 months.”
He said, “It is going to take all this time” and admitted that “is asking people to take time out as the skint was not as they had earlier, it should be absolutely crazy”.
National statistics office (ONS) said the UK’s unemployment rate increased to 4.7 percent in May to May, which increased by 4.6 percent in April in three months, marking the highest level since June 2021.
Meanwhile, an increase in average income, except for bonus, slowed down to 5 percent in May to the lowest level for about three years.
Statistics point towards further pressure in the UK labor market, a few days later of the governor Bank of England Warned that the bank is ready to cut a large interest rate if it sees that the job market is slow.
It also comes between the backdrop of years of slow growth in the economy, the UK GDP (GDP) shrinks both in April and May.
Ms. Philips said that it would take “longer” to roam around the economy, and said that the government was “demanding economic development”.
Home Office Minister told sky News: “Fourteen years of complete stable growth is not something that changes overnight and that is why we have to focus on investing in Britain.”
However, an increase in unemployment is expected but worse than average Wage increase The estimated by economists was slightly higher than 4.9 percent.
There is pressure in the labor market for May for three months as the firms swallowed national insurance contribution and significant increase in national minimum wages in April.
The firm has also affected the firm after US President Donald Trump started a new tariff rule in April, which has increased global trade tension.
Liz Mcken, director of Economic Statistics of ONS, said: “Labor market is weakened, the number of employees falls again on parole, although the data shows that the decline in recent months is less pronounced than earlier.
“The increment again fell into both cash and real terms, but both measures remain relatively stronger than historical standards.
“The number of job vacancies is still falling and now it has been falling continuously for three years.”
