Monday, April 13, 2009

Job loss cities revealed in study

Birmingham suffered the worst rise in the number of people on unemployment benefit, from 5.3% to 7.3% of the workforce, the Work Foundation found.
Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Hull, Manchester, Bradford, Kirklees, Liverpool and Bristol also saw big increases in joblessness.
The study was based on official figures covering the year to February.
The Work Foundation said unemployment had risen most sharply in the North, the West Midlands, Scotland and areas dominated by traditional manufacturing and heavy industry.
Birmingham topped the list of job losses, with the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance rising from 33,274 in February 2008 to 45,657 in February 2009 - an increase of 12,383.
But the biggest increases in percentage terms came in council areas that never experienced the benefits of the UK's economic boom.
The Wear Valley experienced a rise in the number of claimants from 1,117 to 2,342 - an increase from 2.9% to 6.2% of the workforce.
"Policymakers ignore how recessions play out locally at their peril," said Naomi Clayton, senior researcher at the Work Foundation.

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