Unemployment in Britain has reached an all time high in regards to the research undergone by the team at Relevance Radio. Here on this page you can view all the material researched which will factor into our live show on Siren FM.

UK unemployment rises to 2.68m

• Nearly 1m working days lost to November’s strike
• Unemployment rate rises to 8.4%
• Claimant count hits 1.6 million
• Youth unemployment rises to 1.04m

 David Cameron: the government takes responsibility for unemployment – video

“Unemployment across the economy rose by 118,000 in the three months to November, to 2.68 million, its highest since 1995, the Office for National Statistics confirmed on Wednesday. At prime minister’s questions, David Cameron says his government takes full responsibility for the economy, including this latest rise in unemployment.” (The Guardian, 18th January, 2012)

 

 National Statistics:

Labour Market Statistics.

For October to December 2011.

• The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.3 per cent, up 0.1 on the
  

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   quarter. There were 29.13 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 60,000 on the quarter.

• The unemployment rate was 8.4 per cent of the economically active population, up 0.1 on the quarter. There were 2.67 million unemployed people, up 48,000 on the quarter. The unemployment rate has not been higher since 1995.
• The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 23.1 per cent, down 0.2 on the quarter. There were 9.29 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 78,000 on the quarter.
• Total pay (including bonuses) rose by 2.0 per cent on a year earlier, unchanged on the three months to November 2011.
• Regular pay (excluding bonuses) rose by 2.0 per cent on a year earlier, up 0.1 on the three months to November 2011

Click on the link below to read more.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-222474

Working and workless households, 2011

• The percentage of households where no adults work was 18.8 per cent, down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
  

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• The percentage of households where all adults work was 53.5 per cent, up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
• Of the regions in England and countries of the UK, the North East had the highest percentage of workless households.
• The number of households in which no adult has ever worked was 370,000, up 18,000 from a year earlier.
• There were 1.8 million children living in workless households, down 26,000 from a year earlier.

To read more click on the link below.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/working-and-workless-households/2011/index.html

 

“UK unemployment continues to edge up” says The BBC (Feb, 2012)

Women made up two-thirds of that increase and there was a new record in the number of people working part-time who want full-time jobs.

Channel 4 News (March, 2012):

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