Labour Employment Secretary Michael Foot at a 'new-style' jobcentre in London which he officailly opened today. The Job Centre is one of 800 to be opened by the end of the 1970's as part of the Employment service agency's modernisation programme. * 14/03/01: Unemployment was set to reach a major milestone by falling below a million for the first time in more than 25 years and dropping to its lowest level since December 1975. The Government is expected to mark the announcement with new moves to cut the jobless total even further. Chancellor Gordon Brown said in his Budget last week that a second phase of the flagship New Deal jobs scheme would be launched.