The rise in the number of jobless at 35,000 was entirely driven by the public sector job losses, where employment fell by 33,000. However, the private sector failed to take up the additional job losses, with employment numbers remaining unchanged. The government is heavily relying on private sector to compensate by creating new jobs for an estimated 330,000 public sector redundancies over the next four years due to government public service cuts. Can it do it? Employment amongst 16-24 year olds…