date: 17 October 2012
embargo: For immediate release
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'These may be the best figures for some time, but we still need to do much, much better.
'There are still hundreds of thousands of young people without work, over a million people working part-time who want full time-jobs and wages are still trailing below inflation.
'That is why we need a future that works, where we invest in good sustainable jobs with prospects and in tackling long-term unemployment and the living standards crisis.'
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Dole claimants per jobcentre vacancy by local authority, September 2012
Local authority |
Region |
Claimant count |
Vacancies |
Ratio |
Haringey |
London |
9,694 |
571 |
17.0 |
West Dunbartonshire |
Scotland |
3,609 |
215 |
16.8 |
Hackney |
London |
9,931 |
628 |
15.8 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Wales |
3,396 |
218 |
15.6 |
North Ayrshire |
Scotland |
5,611 |
385 |
14.6 |
Redbridge |
London |
6,573 |
471 |
14.0 |
East Ayrshire |
Scotland |
4,512 |
329 |
13.7 |
Lewisham |
London |
10,130 |
747 |
13.6 |
South Ayrshire |
Scotland |
2,936 |
238 |
12.3 |
Waltham Forest |
London |
9,326 |
757 |
12.3 |
Source: nomisweb
- The latest unemployment figures are available at www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_279723.pdf
- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
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- On Saturday 20 October thousands of people from across the UK will be heading to London for A Future That Works - a march which starts on the Embankment and ends with a rally in Hyde Park. The day is being organised by the TUC in protest against the government's austerity measures and calls for a new approach which puts growth and an economy that works for ordinary families at the heart of government policy www.afuturethatworks.org
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