1. Because they are now paid by the Department of Energy, they have been removed from the jobless totals. 2. A hundred and ninety four worker from Smiths industries in bishops cleeve are joining britains jobless total which this week rose for the twenty second consecutive month. 3. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total. 4. The austerity measures have contributed to difficulties in reducing the jobless total and triggered disputes with trade unions in Germany, France, Italy and Belgium, economists said. 5. The rise in the jobless total, which is adjusted for seasonal swings in employment, was in line with expectations. 6. Having helped scuttle the Solidarity-led government in September, the jobless total continues to dog the left-wing administration of Prime Minister Leszek Miller. 7. Long-term unemployment is gaining recognition in Germany as an increasingly serious problem as the jobless totals remain stubbornly high even after the economy has recovered from recession. 8. The latest data pushed the jobless total back toward postwar records early this year, a new blow for the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. 9. With the economy stagnant, Schroeder has been forced to abandoned a promise to slash the jobless total by election day. |