Downing Street dismisses a suggestion it “doctored” an independent report on possible changes to employment law to avoid political embarrassment.

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The prime minister is this week expected to back a plan to help boost growth by cutting employment red tape.

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Report ‘to urge cutting red tape’

UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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UK unemployment falls by 45,000

Why women’s unemployment is rising faster than men’s

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Why female unemployment has risen

LONDON — Voters in France and Greece redrew Europe’s political map Sunday in a powerful backlash against the German-led cure for the region’s debt crisis: painful austerity. In France, voters swept Francois Hollande into the nation’s highest office, ejecting President Nicolas Sarkozy and bringing the Socialists back to the Elysee Palace for the first time in 17 years. Along with Germany’s Angela Merkel, the blunt-talking Sarkozy was a chief architect of Europe’s push to restore confidence in the euro through tough fiscal discipline. In contrast, Hollande vowed to focus on economic growth, arguing that the singular emphasis on spending cuts has weighted down Europe with recessions and soaring unemployment. Read full article > >

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French, Greek voters say no to austerity

Mitt Romney criticized the weaker-than-expected employment numbers, while President Obama focused on taking action against raising the borrowing rates for student loans.

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Job Numbers Become Instant Campaign Fodder

It's the most important monthly economic report in the race for the White House. And April's employment numbers didn't provide President Obama a lot to brag about.

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Jobs report crucial in White House race

Unemployment remains mostly unchanged.

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Report: 115,000 Jobs Added in April

The number of people applying for jobless benefits declined sharply last week, the government reported Thursday, providing a surprisingly upbeat signal leading into Friday’s jobs report. The drop in applications for unemployment assistance fell by 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 365,000, the largest weekly drop in nearly a year, the Labor Department reported. The four-week average, a less volatile measure of the rate of layoffs around the country, was up slightly to 383,500 last week. Read full article > >

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Drop in weekly jobless claims is bright news ahead of April unemployment report

Unemployment rose to 10.9 percent in April, the 11th monthly increase in row, and is likely to add to tension ahead of national elections in Greece and France on Sunday.

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Unemployment at Record High in Euro Zone

Unemployment in the eurozone reached a record high again in March, as joblessness also rose in Italy and Germany.

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Eurozone jobless rate hits record

Spanish unemployment hits a new record high of 5.64 million, official figures show, hours after the country’s debt rating was downgraded.

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Global finance leaders are meeting in Washington to discuss oil prices, unemployment and other issues putting a cloud over the global economic picture.

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Fears Rise That Economic Recovery May Falter in the Spring

Companies should give a job to “the surly young man in a hoodie” from the UK rather than someone from overseas, the employment minister is to say.

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UK unemployment has fallen by 35,000 to 2.65 million, the first fall since last spring, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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