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Unemployment

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1967–1975Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1967

Harold WilsonMarch 1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Registered unemployment rises to about 631000 after the previous year's deflationary measures.

1975

Harold WilsonApril 1975

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Unemployment reaches one million, intensifying criticism of the Government's economic management.

Names involved

Harold Wilson

Provenance

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