Jonathan Reynolds responds to latest unemployment figures

“The Government’s failure to face up to the scale of this jobs crisis in time has cost people their livelihoods.

“Redundancies are at new record highs and unemployment is rising.

“We’ve had enough last-minute changes and bluster from this Government. The Chancellor needs to urgently provide support to those who have lost their jobs and get Britain back to work - including through a green recovery to help create hundreds of thousands of low-carbon jobs."