2.59 million – total unemployed (8.1% of population)
475,000 – job vacancies
1.57 million – claiming Job Seekers Allowance
1 million – aged under 25 who are unemployed
904,000 - unemployed for over 12 months
8.12 million – working part time
1.42 million - working part time because they cannot find full time work
1.9million - in full-time employment but want / need to work more hours
1.5% - annual average pay rise (including bonuses)
2.5% - annual rate of inflation in the UK
1.75 million - children in workless households
2011 4th Quarter growth rate minus 0.2%
2012 1st Quarter growth rate minus 0.3%
2012 2nd Quarter growth rate minus 0.7%
Public sector net debt now stands at above £1 trillion, compared to £940 billion a year ago, and represents 65.7 per cent of the UK's GDP, up from 61.8 per cent last year
In July 2012, the Govt was required to find an extra £600m to plug the gap between spending and tax revenues, having registered a £2.8bn surplus in the same month in 2011
In the four months since George Osborne’s March 2012 Budget the Govt has now borrowed £9.3bn more than it did over the same period last year
Social benefit payments have risen by 7 per cent, reflecting the fact that more people are on the dole than this time last year
