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2025-06-11 14:53:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 81735B87378E27077DCF8B7E618BE902E309338C7C2A06E76F204D1DC3B696DE
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Misleading: Since Labour gained governance, projected GDP growth has slowed, vacancies have dropped and unemployment has risen substantially. Inflation persists. Many disabled, including their carers, face severe financial hits via proposed PIP and UC cuts. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/june2025#:~:text=The%20estimated%20number%20of%20vacancies,January%20to%20March%202020%20level https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/10/uk-unemployment-wage-growth-rachel-reeves https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/green-paper-published-%E2%80%93-%C2%A35-billion-cuts-proposed-scrapping-wca-and-changed-pip-assessment https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/disability-benefit-cuts-pip-labour-cancer-arthritis/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/uk-growth-forecast-to-slow-sharply-as-trump-tariffs-push-confidence-to-record-low https://www.economicsobservatory.com/whats-happening-with-jobs-vacancies-and-pay-in-the-uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3d445jl5g8t
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