Figures released by the government today suggest that unemployment has decreased. The government treasury has announced that the number of people without work has fallen in the last three months, due to new projects designed to find work for the unemployed. The government has declared that this is great news for the country, and shows that their economic policies are working. Opposition politicians have said that the new statistics do not reflect the real state of unemployment in the country, and that much more needs to be done to help the unemployed. The figures released today come from a private study carried out by the treasury ministry.