Total unemployment falls, but long term increases

The number of people unemployed in the UK has fallen again, leaving the jobless rate at 7.8%, figures show.
However - long-term unemployment, (covering those out of work for more than a year), rose by 61,000 to 687,000.
Rachel Reeves, parliamentary candidate for West Leeds and a co-author of a report published on Wednesday by the Institute for Public Policy Research, said last year:
"If we are to get Britain back to work, there will have to be large increases in the jobs available in hi-tech manufacturing and private service sectors such as the creative industries."