Jobs & Unemployment

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Council job cuts: '100,000 redundancy notices issued' - GMB
www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2011-01-10-Council-job-cuts-100-000-redundancy-notices-issued-GMB

102,289 Jobs Under Threat
www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/latest_news/102289_jobs_under_threat.aspx

Manchester City Council to cut 2,000 staff posts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12177853

100,000 frontline staff 'may go as NHS cuts £20bn'
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1328953/100-000-frontline-staff-NHS-cuts-20bn.html

Tory-Lib Dem government axes 2000 Manchester jobs
citycentrelabour.org.uk/tory-lib-dem-government-axes-2000-manchester-jobs/

Another 2,200 council jobs cut
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/19/2200-jobs-cut-hampshire-norfolk

Hampshire County Council confirms it is to axe 1,200 jobs
www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/newforest/8798739.Council_confirms_1_200_job_cuts

BBC News - Up to 1,600 West Midlands health trust jobs go
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12246849

BBC News - Councils in England announce 2,200 more job cuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-12223558

My family could be hit by 2,000 job losses in Manchester
falseeconomy.org.uk/cuts/testimony/my-family-could-be-hit-by-2000-job-losses-in-manchester

BBC Online: 360 staff to lose jobs
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/24/bbc-online-job-losses

Up to 1,600 West Midlands health trust jobs set to go
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12246849

Job cuts latest: 15,000 more council posts face the axe
www.guardian.co.uk/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2011/jan/24/15000-more-council-jobs-at-risk

Aberdeen City Council to make up to 900 staff redundant
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12274338?utm


Birmingham City Council 'to shed 7,000 jobs'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-12431949


Tax Research UK » 2.5 million unemployed - and rising
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2011/01/20/25-million-unemployed-and-rising

Northern towns 'targeted' with cuts
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/13/cuts-manchester-city-council

Firms get powers to sack the slackers
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8249491/Firms-get-powers-to-sack-the-slackers.html

TUC urges ministers to stand firm in the face of employer tribunal lobbying
www.tuc.org.uk/industrial/tuc-18989-f0.cfm

Reducing employment rights will not boost employment
www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2011/01/reducing-employment-rights-will-not-boost-employment

How we can get Britain's wasted talent working
www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/how-we-can-get-britains-wasted-talent-working-2179751.html


Government is blaming the jobless for unemployment instead of tackling it
www.tuc.org.uk/economy/tuc-19168-f0.cfm

Fixing the 6 Month Offer could get the unemployed into work
www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare/fixing-the-6-month-offer-could-get-the-unemployed-into-work

Rhondda Cynon Taf council staff given final job warning
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12164623

PM meets UK's biggest firms to discuss job creation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12148834

Private sector poised to soak up services after massive jobs cull
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/16/job-cuts-councils-privatisation

More disabled workers risk losing their jobs in public sector cut backs, warns TUC
www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-19030-f0.cfm

Council jobs at risk as London boroughs merge services
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12399024


Staff protest over Southampton council plan to cut jobs
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-12483403

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Nick Clegg: regional growth fund will create thousands of jobs
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/12/nick-clegg-regional-growth-fund

Good news on jobs, but too soon to start celebrating
www.leftfootforward.org/2011/04/labour-market-stats-04-11

Coalition promises to create jobs in English regions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13042755

Unemployment figures set to reach 'grim milestone'
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/13/unemployment-figures-grim-milestone

Unemployment figures at a glance
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/13/unemployment-figures-at-glance

Unemployment benefit claimants constituency by constituency: full data
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics

UK unemployment: what the experts say
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/13/unemployment-experts-opinion

Jobcentre posts cut by 2,400 as coalition plans to axe a fifth of staff
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/12/job-centre-posts-cut-2400

Southern Cross proposes 3,000 job cuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13697582

Are the Government's welfare policies creating more homeless people?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/are-the-governments-welfare-policies-creating-more-homeless-people-2294838.html

Duncan Smith urges firms to hire unemployed Britons
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13984512

Is IDS nervous about getting unemployed Britain back to work?
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/07/work-government-immigration

Youth joblessness highest since Tories last in power, new figures to reveal
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/08/youth-unemployment-figures-one-million

Don't blame the young when the jobs have vanished
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/02/recession-young-people-unemployment