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Unemployment is supposed to be at a record low so therefor there should be less people claiming benefits and more people paying taxes
The problem with that, is that it's been government policy for some time to push more people into university, which makes the unemployment figures look good. But all these students are accumulated debts, and some will never pay them off. And, after Brexit, many of the new unis / old polytechnics may suffer, as international student fees (which are even higher than UK fees) will plummet.
Also, many people working on minimum wage and zero hours contracts, which again, makes unemployment figures look good.
Child poverty is higher than its been in decades. That tells us that unemployment figures are now meaningless. One day we'll have 0% unemployment, but millions living in poverty.
"Government statistics show 4.1 million children now living in relative poverty compared with four million the previous year, accounting for more than 30 per cent of children" (link)
Worth a read: http://uk.businessinsider.com/unemp...ing-the-lie-used-to-create-the-numbers-2017-7