Jobless count highest for two years (From Oxford Mail)
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Jobless count highest for two years
9:40am Thursday 15th March 2012 in News
By Andrew Smith, Business Editor. Call me on 01865 425460
THE number of people out of work and claiming jobseekers’ allowance in Oxfordshire last month rose to its highest level since April 2010.
A total of 8,188 or 2.6 per cent of the working age population were signed on the dole in February, 334 more than in January, according to figures released from the Office of National Statistics.
The February figure shows a rise of 77 over the same month in 2011.
Nationally, the number of people claiming jobseekers’ allowance increased for the 12th month in a row, up by 7,200 in February to 1.6 million, the highest figure since the end of 2009.
And total unemployment increased to a near 17-year high, reaching almost 2.7 million people.
Comments(3)
Lady Penelopee
says...
12:37pm Thu 15 Mar 12
Darkforbid
says...
2:11pm Thu 15 Mar 12
But strangely, the people looking for work are paid the lowest, while state supported forever are doing quite well..
Unemployed, Single, no kids... That's where real poverty starts in the UK
is-it-really-necessary says...
9:53am Thu 15 Mar 12
The real figure is probably at least double and the staff at the job centre are not interested in helping the unemployed find work, after all less unemployed = less staff at job centres.