Unemployment falls in East Lancashire

11:27am Wednesday 20th June 2012 in Business

UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen in East Lancashire in the past month, bucking the national trend, new figures released this morning revealed.

There are now 355 fewer people claiming job seeker’s allowance in the area. In total 13,213 are claiming the benefit.

In Blackburn with Darwen there are 4,172 people unemployed, down by eight on the previous month.

In Burnley the figure is 2,853 in May, down from 2,924 the previous month.

The biggest fall was in Hyndburn where 165 fewer people claimed unemployment benefit in May, down from 2,071.

There were also falls in Pendle, down by 56 to 2,136, Rossendale, down by 22 to 485, and Ribble Valley, down 22 to 485.

Comments (9)

11:35am Wed 20 Jun 12

b12simon says...

It's a drop in the bucket but hopefully part of a trend ...
It's a drop in the bucket but hopefully part of a trend ... b12simon

11:45am Wed 20 Jun 12

GAC says...

so whats the actual fall in people out of work ?? not just being booted off of jobseekers on to somoething else ?
so whats the actual fall in people out of work ?? not just being booted off of jobseekers on to somoething else ? GAC

11:53am Wed 20 Jun 12

porky06 says...

could 355 people have died in that time?
could 355 people have died in that time? porky06

12:09pm Wed 20 Jun 12

swizz says...

Schools and colleges will be finishing for thousands soon. My Son has tried but has had no joy in either getting an apprenticeship or job and his final day at college is this Friday. I think we'll see a huge rise soon.
Schools and colleges will be finishing for thousands soon. My Son has tried but has had no joy in either getting an apprenticeship or job and his final day at college is this Friday. I think we'll see a huge rise soon. swizz

12:40pm Wed 20 Jun 12

madari says...

porky06 wrote:
could 355 people have died in that time?
Madari the snake charmer says:

Or retired on state pension???

They know how to massage the figures and mislead joe Public!!
[quote][p][bold]porky06[/bold] wrote: could 355 people have died in that time?[/p][/quote]Madari the snake charmer says: Or retired on state pension??? They know how to massage the figures and mislead joe Public!! madari

12:52pm Wed 20 Jun 12

JayEss says...

swizz wrote:
Schools and colleges will be finishing for thousands soon. My Son has tried but has had no joy in either getting an apprenticeship or job and his final day at college is this Friday. I think we'll see a huge rise soon.
THIS ^
[quote][p][bold]swizz[/bold] wrote: Schools and colleges will be finishing for thousands soon. My Son has tried but has had no joy in either getting an apprenticeship or job and his final day at college is this Friday. I think we'll see a huge rise soon.[/p][/quote]THIS ^ JayEss

1:27pm Wed 20 Jun 12

frank says...

the numbers have only gone down because poeple have grown old and died trying to find work. ;)
the numbers have only gone down because poeple have grown old and died trying to find work. ;) frank

10:53pm Wed 20 Jun 12

Good call says...

Meanwhile.......
"Senior jobcentre executives have warned staff of the risk of benefit claimants attempting suicide as controversial changes to sickness benefits are being pushed through"

http://m.guardian.co
.uk/society/2012/jun
/20/jobcentre-superv
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Meanwhile....... "Senior jobcentre executives have warned staff of the risk of benefit claimants attempting suicide as controversial changes to sickness benefits are being pushed through" http://m.guardian.co .uk/society/2012/jun /20/jobcentre-superv isors-suicide-risk-b enefit-claimants?cat =society&type=articl e Good call

8:21am Fri 22 Jun 12

shytalk says...

unemployment down,people claiming benefits up..Someones telling porkies. Either that or there are a lot of people being forced into slave labour by the jobcentre on workfare...What do you think?
unemployment down,people claiming benefits up..Someones telling porkies. Either that or there are a lot of people being forced into slave labour by the jobcentre on workfare...What do you think? shytalk

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