Osborne under pressure to boost jobs in budget

As he prepares to present his budget to the House of Commons this Wednesday, the over-riding political pressure on British chancellor George Osborne is to create jobs, jobs and more jobs.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last week showed that British unemployment had risen by 28,000 to 2.67 million during the three months to January. It means that 8.4 per cent of the population are ...