The jobless figures were the first economic indicators to come out during the campaign, there are many more before election day.

The coalition does not take them off the jobless figures until they have found a proper job, he says.

This is the key passage about the jobless figures.

The jobless figure, which has hit nearly 2.8m, should soon be tailing off.

It's obviously bad that the jobless figure is higher.

In 2008, the jobless figure was at 4%, with women over represented at 85% of the total.

Critics claim their main purpose is to cut overall jobless figures.

Overall jobless figures increased by one fifth in the same period to 4,174.

The official jobless figures are deceptive because they don't count people who have stopped looking for work.

I can't see the jobless figure going below 3m for a long time, but our 9m shareholders should get decent rewards.