July 31, 2009

Brum’s grim jobless stats

The employment rate for people of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59) for the UK was 74% for the 12 months ending December 2008 according to figures released today by the National Statistics Office.
Birmingham was amongst the lowest, at 61.5%.
1.8 million people in the UK, aged 16 [...]