Private sector not picking up Public sector job losses
The Coalition Governments hope that job losses in the public sector would be off set by growing vacancies in the private sector have been cast in doubt.
Public sector employment fell by 97,000 between March and June whilst just 47,000 extra people were employed in the private sector over the same period.
British nationals were found to be faring worse than those born outside the UK. In the three months to September 280,000 fewer British nationals were in work compared with a year earlier while 147,000 more non-UK nationals had found a job.