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Each UK job 'chased by 10 people' | Each UK job 'chased by 10 people' |
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There is an average of 10 jobseekers for every vacancy advertised in UK jobcentres, the TUC has warned. | |
The trade union body said the ratio - which applies to unemployed people who are claiming jobseeker allowance - had more than doubled over the past year. | |
The TUC said that while 10 unemployed people were chasing every advertised job in January of 2009, a year earlier it was only four per vacancy. | |
In 25 council areas there were now more than 20 people per job, it added. | |
'Shocking jobs fall' | |
The TUC said the Isle of Wight was the worst hit area, and now had a ratio of 60 jobseekers per advertised vacancy. | |
See how unemployment has risen | See how unemployment has risen |
It was followed by Scotland's Western Isles, 44, and Blaenau Gwent, 42, and Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, 36. | |
JOBSEEKERS PER VACANCY Isle of Wight - 60Western Isles - 44Blaenau Gwent - 42Rhondda, Cynon, Taff - 36Hackney - 36Lewisham - 34Argyll & Bute - 31Greenwich - 30Lambeth - 29South Tyneside - 28 Source: TUC | |
Two London boroughs came next, with Hackney on 36, and Lewisham on 34. | |
The TUC said it had come to its figures by analysing official data. | |
The Office for National Statistics is now expected to say on Wednesday that UK unemployment went above two million between January and March. | |
"Rising unemployment has been matched by an equally shocking decline in job vacancies," said TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber. | |
"The government can no longer claim there is plenty of work available when there are as many as 20 dole claimants per jobcentre vacancy in parts of the country." | |
Continuing recession | |
The TUC's figures came as a separate report by accountants BDO Story Hayward said one in every 56 UK businesses will fail in 2009, a 59% rise on last year. | |
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) estimated last week that UK unemployment would reach 3.2 million - or just over 10% of the workforce - by the second half of next year. | The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) estimated last week that UK unemployment would reach 3.2 million - or just over 10% of the workforce - by the second half of next year. |
BCC director general David Frost said the government had to do more to help firms of all sizes. | BCC director general David Frost said the government had to do more to help firms of all sizes. |
Unemployment is rising as the UK recession, the first since 1991, continues. | Unemployment is rising as the UK recession, the first since 1991, continues. |
UK economic output fell by 1.5% in the last three months of 2008, after a drop of 0.6% between July and September. This met the widely accepted definition of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. | UK economic output fell by 1.5% in the last three months of 2008, after a drop of 0.6% between July and September. This met the widely accepted definition of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. |
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