Government accused of manipulating unemployment figures

Title

Government accused of manipulating unemployment figures

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Oct 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:34

Description

The Government has been accused of deliberately falsifying the unemployment figures. Labour’s employment spokesman Kevin Barron says the Government keeps changing the way unemployment figures are calculated. Jeff Collins reports.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Kevin Barron

Keywords

Government; Social security; Statistics; Unemployment statistics

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