Chuka calls for urgent action on unemployment  

Chuka Umunna MP has called for urgent action to tackle unemployment and boost economic growth following the publication this week of updated unemployment figures by the Office of National Statistics. Commenting on the impact complacent Government policy has had on local residents, Mr Umunna said: “The deteriorating unemployment situation needs to be dealt with urgently. In my constituency alone there are now nearly 500 more people without a job than this time last year.   The Government needs to do far more to get demand back into the economy to boost growth and create jobs in South London. Government politicians in the 1980s used to justify inaction by saying unemployment was a price worth paying – that attitude was unacceptable then and it is unacceptable in 2011.   Labour has a five point plan for the economy to boost jobs and growth including a temporary cut in VAT and a bankers...