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Unemployment blip becoming a very worrying trend - Cable

January 18, 2006 12:00 AM
Vince Cable MP on conference podium

Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor

Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, responding to the latest unemployment figures released today by the Office for National Statistics, said "What could have been dismissed as a temporary blip is now becoming a very worrying permanent trend.

"The UK is heading back to the bad old days, and with worries growing over personal debt we could see people struggling to pay their mortgages and worrying about whether they will soon have a job."

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