in the meantime, will he look at the very serious situation in gloucester with regards to those schools? >> my friend is quite right. we need to sort out this problem even before looking at national funding. it is a funding formula that we inherited and i believe is flawed and that is why we are reforming it. the secretary of state has met with academy heads and we are happy to discuss with him how we can deal with this problem. i think there is evidence that academy schools are not just good for the people to go there, but actually by raising standards and operations in those areas, they are raising the standards of all schools at the same time. >> >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the prime minister told us that unemployment would fall in each year of this parliament. today, unemployment rose for the sixth month in a row. does he think it has anything to do with his government? >> the government takes absolute responsibly for everything happens in our economy, and i take responsibility for that. [shouting] look, any increase in unemployment is disappointing and it's a tragedy for the perso