The rising tide of unemployment in the North East is extremely worrying
Figures show that unemployment in our region has climbed by 6,000 in the past month, which is profoundly unnerving given that the region already has the high levels of unemployment in the country. The North East is sinking still further into a quagmire of unemployment.
Female unemployment has gone up by 12% in the North East over the last year with youth unemployment rising by 13%. Women and young people are bearing the brunt of the government’s economic incompetence.
The fierce competition for jobs poses further difficulties for the region, statistics show that we have 9 people applying for every job vacancy in the region, meaning that the few jobs that are available are very hard to get.
The figures are a damning indictment of an out of touch government whose lacklustre policies have failed to tackle unemployment.
Today’s figures should serve as a wakeup call to the government showing the high social cost of their reckless economic policies.
The Tory led coalition seems to think that unemployment is price worth paying – I don’t.

