Long-term jobless fall in Tamworth bucks a trend that concerns the PM
LONG-term unemployment continues to tumble in Tamworth as more and more of the town's residents return to work.
Latest Government figures revealed residents who have claimed Job Seekers Allowance for six months or more fell by nearly ten per cent in September.
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Prime Minister David Cameron.
Currently there are 555 Tamworth residents, who are old enough and able to work, who have signed on for six months or more – a fall of 60 claimants (9.76 per cent) on August's monthly count of 615.
The town appears to be bucking the national trend.
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In a recent Prime Ministers Questions, Labour party leader Ed Miliband commented on the statistic showing that the number of people out of work for more than a year was the highest for more than 16 years – at 904,000, up 22,000 on the previous quarter.
Prime Minister David Cameron agreed, saying: "He's absolutely right. The long-term unemployment figure is disturbing.
"That is what the work programme is designed to deal with."
There was a small fall in the amount of claimants in Tamworth who have received JSA for 12 months or more during September with 355 remaining in this category.
Unemployment as a whole across the town fell by just six claimants during September to 1,531, following on from July's first month-to-month rise since February.
The figures below show Tamworth's total JSA claimant count, followed by the town's total potential working population – those old enough and eligible to work – who are currently signing on.
October 2011 1,657 – 3.3
November 2011 1,710 – 3.4
December 2011 1,742 – 3.5
January 2012 1,870 – 3.8
February 2012 1,923 – 3.9
March 2012 1,856 – 3.7
April 2012 1,647 – 3.3
May 2012 1,590 – 3.2
June 2012 1,525 – 3.1
July 2012 1,491 – 3.0
August 2012 – 1,537 3.1
September 2012 1,531 – 3.1
Comments
by weskiwi
Monday, November 12 2012, 8:00PM
“What I find particularly unsavoury, is the fact that the Tamworth Herald runs this story, as though the headline is a fact.
One does not need half an eye to know that these figures, as always, are manipulated. there are no real jobs, other than public service employment, and, where there are jobs ALL of our young are tarred with the * bone idle * tag. There are insufficient real jobs in the country, and we still allow, almost unrestricted, immigration. Anyway, that is a national argument.
Locally, I do not believe the Herald, or, whoever supplied them with the statistic.
Fact. Unemployment is much higher than it should be, and those that peddle information contrary to that ought to be ashamed.”
by Achiepop
Saturday, October 27 2012, 2:43PM
“158,000 people have been removed from the ONS stats, simply because they are now on the legalised slavery programme.
This is a big LIE from this government..... The only people getting richer are the cabinet and their pals.
Ever see a thin, hungry politician, scraping together enough money to pay the heating bill? Nope. neither have I.”
by becca
Saturday, October 27 2012, 11:12AM
“The statistics are manipulated, the ONS has officially confirmed that people on workfare schemes are not being counted as unemployed, thus indicating that the government is falsifying the unemployment figures.
Tamworth is 'bucking the trend' by conscripting more people than other towns onto the Forced Unwaged labour Schemes so beloved by dodgy businesses, bogus charities, and shifty councils.
And many of the new self-employed are in fact simply claiming Working Tax Credit instead of being conscripted onto Workfare, they are encouraged to do this by Work Programme Providers, as the providers will after a period of time receive up to £13,000 for each person, and as seen with Emma Harrison of A4e, the Work Programme is a very lucrative business to be in.”