Prime Minister David Cameron has smashed through the under employment record set by his Tory predecessor John Major, official figures revealed yesterday.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said another 24,000 people in part-time jobs joined the queue for full-time work between July and September.

That took total under-employment to 1.46 million - the highest figure since records began in 1992, when unpopular Mr Major led Britain's last Tory government.