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Barking & Dagenham in top 10 for unemployment

Barking & Dagenham in top 10 for unemployment

August 23, 2011 No Comments

New unemployment figures have placed the London area of Barking and Dagenham amongst the worst hit by unemployment. As a region, London (8.8%) is fifth in the country behind the North East (9.9%), West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber (all on 9.0%). With the economy stalling, the Government’s and Mayor Johnson’s economic strategies appear to be ...

The economy flat-lines but Osborne hails it as “positive news”

The economy flat-lines but Osborne hails it as “positive news”

July 26, 2011 No Comments

The increasingly embattled Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne was greeted with more bad news when he opened the file containing the latest growth figure this morning. The economy grew by one fifth of a percent in the second quarter of the year, way off the target of 0.8% needed to stay on track with ...

Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury

Three construction companies were fined after a worker helping build Arsenal’s Ashburton Grove stadium was injured so badly, his...

New pensions research undermines government’s ‘fairness’ myth

New research by the PCS union has revealed that the perception of Civil Servants having gilt pensions compared to...