The number of jobless households has risen at its fastest rate since Labour came to power with almost five million people now living in homes where no one works.
New figures reveal a massive 4.8million people of working age now live in a home where no one holds down a job.
The data for April to June this year shows an increase of 500,000 on a year ago before the recession took a crippling grip on Britain.
The percentage of households where no adults work is now 16.9 per cent, up 1.1 per cent on 2008, according to the data from the Office for National Statistics.
It is the highest rate since 1999 and the largest year-on-year increase since 1997 when Labour came to power.
The data will fuel fears that the Government has cultivated a ‘Shameless’ generation dependent on the state and comes after the Daily Mail revealed at least five million people of working age have not done a day’s work since Labour came to power.
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I wonder how the Brits are going to pay for this in the future when it’s debit card known as The North Sea Oilfield runs out in a few years time.
If the NDP and Libs ever formed a coalition for any length of time, you could change the story from Britain to Canada ?
NDP and Layton would love social housing for every dead beat !
Things must be truly desperate in GB when the media are taking New Labour to the woodshed on such a regular basis.