11/09/2013

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:00:05. > :00:10.Another fall in the number of people out of work. It dropped by more than

:00:10. > :00:19.expected and now stands at 2.49 million. But the Prime Minister says

:00:19. > :00:21.there's no room for complacency. Now, of course we need to do more to

:00:22. > :00:26.help with living standards, but the help with living standards, but the

:00:26. > :00:29.deliver growth in the economy, and standards and state of late is to

:00:29. > :00:33.President Obama addresses the nation we are. Also this lunchtime.

:00:33. > :00:34.President Obama addresses the nation over the crisis in Syria and says

:00:35. > :00:36.it's time chance.

:00:37. > :00:38.The fight The fight back begins — the

:00:38. > :00:42.government says the proposed high The fight back begins — the

:00:42. > :00:42.billion pounds a year. British woman shot to death on

:00:42. > :00:56.Tragedy with the gunman not to hurt his

:00:56. > :00:58.mother. This is a small, ancient, beautiful

:00:58. > :01:07.mother. This is a small, ancient, south—west

:01:07. > :01:10.a violent crime being committed. Extinct for some 4000 years, but man

:01:11. > :01:16.may not be to blame after all for the woolly mammoth's demise.

:01:16. > :01:20.And coming up in the sport, Roy Hodgson defences team's performance,

:01:20. > :01:22.they drew with Ukraine last night, but can still qualify for the World

:01:22. > :01:46.Cup next year. BBC News at One. There's been

:01:46. > :01:49.another big fall in unemployment in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

:01:49. > :01:52.It dropped by 24,000, more than expected, between May and July and

:01:52. > :01:59.Scotland there was a slight Scotland there was a slight

:01:59. > :02:02.increase. The number of people claiming Job Seekers' Allowance saw

:02:02. > :02:06.one of its biggest falls since 1997. But the latest figures also show

:02:06. > :02:07.that a record number of people who want full time employment are having

:02:07. > :02:13.to work part time. to work part time.

:02:13. > :02:18.Britain's workforce is growing and more jobs are being created and

:02:18. > :02:23.unemployment has fallen again. The news fuelled the debate on the

:02:23. > :02:27.strength of the economic recovery, continued today at Prime Minister 's

:02:27. > :02:29.questions. It is good that it has fallen, but we still have a long way

:02:29. > :02:34.to go. We are turning a corner, fallen, but we still have a long way

:02:34. > :02:39.we have to build this recovery, we have to continue backing businesses,

:02:39. > :02:47.deal with our debts, the must be no complacency as we do everything that

:02:47. > :02:49.we can to make sure this delivers for hard—working people. But the

:02:49. > :02:59.week. This was total complacency, week. This was total

:02:59. > :02:59.total hubris, at a time when Eve are today, unemployment is rising in

:03:00. > :03:11.employment landscape feeling that economic growth is

:03:11. > :03:23.struggling to fill posts, but passing them by. Take this Doncaster

:03:23. > :03:25.business that makes materials for the construction industry, the

:03:26. > :03:30.workforce has doubled in the last three years. Some of it is because

:03:30. > :03:32.of competitors going bust, but new orders are coming in and the boss

:03:32. > :03:33.wants to employ local people wants to employ local people

:03:33. > :03:40.whenever he can. You need to be whenever he can. You need to be able

:03:40. > :03:43.to turn up and to do a job for us and for our customers, provide a

:03:43. > :03:49.service for our customers, but in the main, it is local people and

:03:49. > :03:54.local jobs. This former pit village is only ten miles away, but that

:03:54. > :03:58.seems like a big gulf when there are family commitments and transport to

:03:58. > :04:01.think about. Maxine is trying to join the workforce after raising

:04:01. > :04:05.learn new skills with the learn new skills with the

:04:05. > :04:08.regeneration trust. She does some casual work, but is finding it

:04:08. > :04:14.difficult to land the right full—time job. I feel like we have

:04:14. > :04:18.are no jobs. You have to travel for are no jobs. You have to travel for

:04:18. > :04:23.them, and a lot of people do not have cars, they cannot afford

:04:23. > :04:28.run to where they are needed to go. run to where they are needed to go.

:04:28. > :04:34.unemployment rose slightly, long—term unemployment did not fall,

:04:34. > :04:36.the UK jobs market is moving in the the UK jobs market is moving in the

:04:36. > :04:42.right direction. right direction.

:04:42. > :04:48.The unemployment rate is now down, it stands at 7.7%, and that