Myth-buster
Myth #1: The unemployed are lazy so they need to be forced to work - if they tried, they could get jobs
In reality, the vast majority of the unemployed can't get work, because there's no work for them to go to! There are now more than 2.6 million unemployed people in the UK, chasing around 450,000 jobs. The unemployment total is at its highest in nearly 20 years and will rise even further because of the government's austerity programme.