Rise in U.K Unemployment Leaves David Cameron ‘Disappointed’

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the United Kingdom had recently confirmed high pay rises in the country with the weekly earning average climbing by 3.2% during May 2015 when compared to the same period in 2014. While salaries have increased in the U.K has so has unemployment numbers as stats suggest that the unemployment rate has risen for the first time since 2013.

British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed disappointment on finding out that unemployment rates had risen in May. Stats confirm that there are now close to 1.85 million people in the U.K who do not have a job and depend on the government to provide them with dole.

The Prime Minister was also quick to point out that these numbers could not be taken at face value because there were a lot of details that needed to be considered. Many of those classified as unemployed fall under the category of individuals who are battling long term sickness, some fall under the category of staying at home on purpose to look after their family and another category are youth who are between jobs.

In a statement, Mr. Cameron said “There are mixed messages in these figures. It is disappointing that the claimant count has gone up having fallen for so many months in a row and still being at the lowest level since 1975. But long term unemployment is down, youth unemployment is down, the rate of employment for women is at a new record high. And interestingly when you look across the last year you can actually see that all of the rise in employment in the last year has been people working full time.”