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I have no idea where that came from, but how about a few facts?

The total number (full time equivalents) in employment in 2005 was 28,713,000.

Of these 5,846,000 were, in one way or another, employed by the public sector (or as you say, the state).

That represents 20.3% of all those employed.

The public sector employees included:

NHS and other Health & Social - 1,529,000
Public administration - 1,066,000
Education - 950,000
Police - 264,000
Armed forces - 210,000

[QUOTE="BrianH, post: 2089539, member: 64960"] I have no idea where that came from, but how about a few facts? The total number (full time equivalents) in employment in 2005 was 28,713,000. Of these 5,846,000 were, in one way or another, employed by the public sector (or as you say, the state). That represents 20.3% of all those employed. The public sector employees included: NHS and other Health & Social - 1,529,000 Public administration - 1,066,000 Education - 950,000 Police - 264,000 Armed forces - 210,000 [/QUOTE]

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