look, any increase in unemployment is disappointing and it's a tragedy for the person who becomes undeployed and can lead to real difficulty for that family and that is what we're taking so much action to try to help people to get back into work. if you look at the figures today, i think it is noteworthy that while the increase in unemployment is usually unwelcome there is still an increase in the number of people employed, another 18,000 people. what that shows is that we need more private sector employment. we need to move further and fast on that agenda. it's also noteworthy to note that there is a small decrease in long-term unemployment and i hope that shows that the schemes like the work program we're introducing are beginning to have an effect but again you need them to go further and faster. there is not one answer and disconnect it will do everything we can to get people back to work. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, doesn't apprenticed understand when he boasts about rising employment it just shows how out of touch he is? and in some parts of london, and in some parts of london, 100

look, any increase in unemployment is disappointing and it's a tragedy for the person who becomes undeployed and can lead to real difficulty for that family and that is what we're taking so much action to try to help people to get back into work. if you look at the figures today, i think it is noteworthy that while the increase in unemployment is usually unwelcome there is still an increase in the number of people employed, another 18,000 people. what that shows is that we need more private sector employment. we need to move further and fast on that agenda. it's also noteworthy to note that there is a small decrease in long-term unemployment and i hope that shows that the schemes like the work program we're introducing are beginning to have an effect but again you need them to go further and faster. there is not one answer and disconnect it will do everything we can to get people back to work. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, doesn't apprenticed understand when he boasts about rising employment it just shows how out of touch he is? and in some parts of london, and in some parts of london, 100