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JEREMY CORBYN says there's no point in celebrating new jobs if they don't pay enough for people to live on

David Cameron and his government have made much of the latest headline figures on unemployment, which claims to show a big fall in the numbers of jobless.

Leader of the House Andrew Lansley claimed last week that more people were in work than ever before in Britain.

This came less than 18 hours after the Conservative-Lib Dem majority in the house voted down a Labour motion on the use of foodbanks in Britain.

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