Government must turn today's good news into sustainable recovery, says TUC
“Today's figures show some long overdue good news in the labour market. New full-time jobs have been created and employment is up while unemployment has fallen.
“However, there are still real concerns about this being a sustainable recovery. Long-term youth unemployment has risen yet again, the claimant count is still going up and while male unemployment fell by 52,000 in the quarter, the number of unemployed women only fell by 3,000.
date: 20 June 2012
embargo: For immediate release
Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'Today's figures show some long overdue good news in the labour market. New full-time jobs have been created and employment is up while unemployment has fallen.
'However, there are still real concerns about this being a sustainable recovery. Long-term youth unemployment has risen yet again, the claimant count is still going up and while male unemployment fell by 52,000 in the quarter, the number of unemployed women only fell by 3,000.
'We now need to turn today's positive news into a steady fall in unemployment. The government must invest in jobs to get the economy growing again.'
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Top 10 employment blackspots, May 2012
|
Local authority |
Region |
Total claimants |
Vacancies |
Ratio |
|
Clackmannanshire |
Scotland |
1,827 |
72 |
25.4 |
|
North Ayrshire |
Scotland |
5,529 |
229 |
24.1 |
|
Haringey |
London |
9,986 |
482 |
20.7 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
Scotland |
3,865 |
192 |
20.1 |
|
Hackney |
London |
10,395 |
531 |
19.6 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Scotland |
4,617 |
245 |
18.8 |
|
Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and Humber |
15,148 |
822 |
18.4 |
|
Waltham Forest |
London |
9,769 |
641 |
15.2 |
|
Tower Hamlets |
London |
10,605 |
713 |
14.9 |
|
Lambeth |
London |
11,858 |
820 |
14.5 |
Source: nomisweb
- The claimant to vacancy ratio for local authorities across Great Britain is available at www.tuc.org.uk/tucfiles/325/ctvregionaltemplate.xls
- The latest labour market statistics are available at www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/june-2012/statistical-bulletin.html
- Further analysis of the labour market figures is available at www.touchstoneblog.org.uk
- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
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