Wolverhampton is becoming a jobs blackspot, with the number of people out of work in the city rising again this month despite regional and national falls.
Figures out today show numbers claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in the city rose by 69 to 7,378, or more than one in 20 of Wolverhampton’s working population. At 5.1 per cent it is the highest claimant rate in the Black Country. It follows a rise of 163 last month.
Elsewhere in the Black Country and south Staffordshire the claimant count fell - matching figures nationwide released today by the Office of National Statistics.
The UK employment level was 29.5 million in the three months to February, the best since records began in 1971, while unemployment fell by 39,000 to 1.6 million. In the West Midlands it fell 5,000 to 161,000, an unemployment rate of six per cent.
Nationally the JobSeeker’s Allowance total fell last month by 1,200 from the revised February figure to 794,300, the lowest figure since the summer of 1975.
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who is helping the out of work people. the people who work in the jobcemtre don’t care a bit. thay think it’s there money thay are giving to USE.
Wrong attitude bigbird. Perhaps that is where you are going wrong. The Job Centre staff are employed to help you find a job,but they do need your help and goodwill.