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Let's help, not demonise those living on Benefits Street
I wonder what reaction Channel 4 expected when it commissioned Love Productions to make controversial documentary Benefits Street? I'm sure you've heard about it by now but in you haven't, it's a documentary about a street
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Jobless rate down but more on dole
The Government has been hit with a mixed bag of unemployment data as the headline jobless rate fell but the number of dole claimants rose. The jobless total dropped 51,000 to 2.61 million in the quarter to April, while the number of people
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Regional divide in jobless figures
The number of dole claimants per job vacancy is more than twice as high in parts of the North than in the South, illustrating a "stark" regional divide, according to a new analysis of unemployment figures. A study by the TUC found
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The worst place to find a job
The Scottish industrial heartlands of West Dunbartonshire and East Ayrshire have overtaken inner London boroughs to become Britain's worst jobs blackspots, TUC analysis reveals today. Six years ago, in March 2005, the London borough of