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Employment levels fall during so-called 'jobs boost' period
The jobs boost was matched by a 60,000 decline in the number of people in direct employment
Unions warned that Britain's latest declared "jobs boost" has a weak bottom line yesterday after figures revealed employment has actually fallen.
Rising numbers of self-employed people saw overall unemployment fall by 63,000 in the last quarter of 2013, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
But that jobs boost was matched by a 60,000 decline in the number of people in direct employment.
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