» Wednesday, December 17, 2008Unemployment/Woolworth’s:
Asked if the Prime Minister was worried about the current level of unemployment, particularly considering the job losses at Woolworths, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had given a response to the latest unemployment figures, (before the announcement from Woolworths), saying that we needed to do everything we could to help people get into work and combat unemployment, which was why we were today announcing a 79 million fund to help people get the skills needed to gain access to work in the future. Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that a buyer for Woolworths could not be found, the PMS said that we were disappointed that the administrators had been unable to find a buyer. We understood that they were continuing to seek buyers for some of the stores and we would follow their efforts closely. Job Centre Plus stood ready to work with Woolworths to manage the impact from job losses. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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