DWP UNSPUN
News story
The shocking truth about Britain’s ‘lazy’ unemployed
George Osborne complains of claimants ‘sleeping off a life on benefits’. So are the unemployed to blame for unemployment, rather than a lack of jobs? Read these headlines and decide.
- Tragic youngster killed himself because he couldn't get a job - but was too proud to claim benefits
Daily Mirror, 20/5/14 - 'It looked more like an X-Factor audition': 1,500 people queue for three hours in bid to land Aldi job
Daily Mirror, 23/3/14 - Thousands apply for 300 jobs at Sheffield new superstore
The Star, 16/1/14 - Hundreds apply for 30 jobs at Healing Manor
Grimsby Telegraph, 1/8/13 - Thousands apply for just 30 jobs at new West Bromwich cinema
Express & Star, 8/7/13 - Thousands apply for 150 jobs at new Tesco in Gosport
Portsmouth News, 23/4/13 - Eight jobs at Costa branch attract more than 1,700 applicants
Guardian, 19/2/13 - Borders railway: Thousands apply for train driver jobs
BBC News, 7/2/13 - Thousands turn out for just 80 jobs at new Gateshead Tesco
The Chronicle, 2/2/13 - Get on your bike to Aberdeen? Jobseekers in Hull face 50 rivals for each vacancy, as best and worst cities to find a job are revealed
DailyMail, 29/1/13 - Bexleyheath jobseeker "suicidal" after shabby treatment by job centre
News Shopper, 4/10/12 - Thousands apply for 150 jobs
Hartlepool Mail, 10/7/12 - More than 2,000 unemployed queue for 500 vacancies at Grimsby job fair
Grimsby Telegraph, 31/3/12 - 500 queue for just 20 sales assistant jobs at new Poundland store
Metro, 17/10/11