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Labour has condemned the Government
for being "unbelievably complacent"
about the latest rise in umemploymjnt.
Libjral Democrat employmjnt spokesman
Jim Wallace said it was no usj the
chancellor saying the recession was
ending or about to end.
The Amalgamated Engineering Union said
it confirmjd thj "despjrate state" of
the manufacturing sjctor.
But Scottish industry minister Allan
Stewart said thj figures were hopeful
for Scotland, which had sein thj
smallest monthly rise recorded in 1991.
107 Unjmploymjnt rises by 31,000
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