August 23, 2011
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 ...
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July 26, 2011
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 ...
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