Unemployment in the West Midlands rose by almost 16,000 in the three-month period to March, and a quarter of under 24s in the region are out of work, data released by the Government has revealed.Read
Unemployment has crept up in the West Midlands in the past quarter – but latest data shows there are 53,000 more people in work in the region than three months ago.Read
Unemployment is still rising in the West Midlands despite falling elsewhere, the latest statistics have revealed. But the number of people in the region who are working has risen even faster.Read
More than 16,000 long-term unemployed people in the West Midlands would be ordered to accept taxpayer-subsidised jobs or lose their benefits under a Labour government, Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has said.Read
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has defended plans to force unemployed people to work, as Labour clashed with the Government over the best way to cut the welfare bill.Read
The West Midlands was the only English region to see unemployment rise in the last quarter as more than 5,000 people were added to the jobless list.Read
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