One in three households in Weymouth and Portland with no one in work (From Dorset Echo)
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One in three households in Weymouth and Portland with no one in work
10:00am Friday 26th November 2010 in News By Martin Lea
Councillor Mike Goodman
ALMOST one in three households in Weymouth and Portland has no one in work.
Shock figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) paint a grim picture of unemployment in the borough which has a household workless figure rated the second worst in the country.
The statistics refer to households with at least one adult aged 16 to 64 and are derived from the Labour Force Survey conducted in 2009 at the height of the recession.
According to the ONS, more than three out of every 10 households in Weymouth and Portland (32.1 per cent) had no breadwinner last year.
The figure is very different for West Dorset (13.6 per cent) and Dorset County Council area as a whole (16.7 per cent).
Weymouth and Portland is second only to Wear Valley in the North East (35.7 per cent) in the table of workless rates.
Other worst affected areas where more than three out of every 10 households had no one in work include the big cities of Liverpool (32.1 per cent), Nottingham (31.3 per cent) and Glasgow (31.0 per cent).
The UK average is one in five jobless households.
New infrastructure being laid and the prospect of new business developments on the horizon could mean a turnaround in fortunes for Weymouth and Portland leading to the creation of new jobs, it is hoped.
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council spokesman for economic development Mike Goodman said: “The figures don’t come as a great surprise because I’m aware our economy has taken a real bashing.
“Clearly we have a lot of work to do to improve the economic fortunes of the area, which is why we have put the economy at the top of our list of priorities at the council.
“We have to do everything within our power to get inward investment and ensure the quality of work is available here.
“I’m not wishing to demean the holiday trade and the opening of supermarkets but at the end of the day people find it difficult to raise a family on that type of work.”
Councillor Goodman said a potential boost to the area would be if offshore wind farm developer Eneco chose Portland Port as its supply base.
He added: “We have to make a bit of a guess to what’s going to come into the area, where the next boom is going to be.
“We’re making sure in the Local Development Plan there’s sufficient land available for economic development and we are doing our best to ensure there’s adequate housing provision.”
South Dorset MP Richard Drax described the figures as a ‘great concern’.
He said: “I know that the business community is doing all it can, as is the government, to create an environment where businesses flourish and more people can be employed.
“There’s a number of things going on for us here such as the relief road. There’s some good business going on in our industrial parks and we have the New Look site being developed, which will create many jobs.
“I’m hopeful people who have been out of work for a long time will be able to find work and not just seasonal jobs.”
Mr Drax said it was up to people ‘who sit on their backsides and are reliant on the state’ to go and find work, and if necessary to go outside their communities to look for jobs.
“The government is looking at the welfare system to encourage people to do just that,” he added.
Chief executive of Weymouth-based property management company DJ Property Mickey Jones said he was surprised at the figures for Weymouth and Portland and is positive about the future.
He doesn’t perceive there to be a big employment problem in South Dorset.
Mr Jones said: “The national and regional operators see Weymouth as a significant town.
“Very soon our roads network will be in order and there will be tangible benefits.
“Personally I don’t see any cause for concern – there’s more good news in this area than in many parts of the UK.
“When the economy is in good shape, jobs will follow.”
Comments(59)
rightwingtroll
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10:39am Fri 26 Nov 10
dorwey
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10:56am Fri 26 Nov 10
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Chris S B
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11:14am Fri 26 Nov 10
Trackerman
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12:08pm Fri 26 Nov 10
K9
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12:14pm Fri 26 Nov 10
maximan
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12:52pm Fri 26 Nov 10
siratb
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12:53pm Fri 26 Nov 10
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I didn't take part in this survey and have never heard of it before. Certainly down our street I don't know of anyone out of work (other than retired) so that means there must be whole estates in W&P full of unemployed people.
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Regarding the town centre - I looked into setting up a business in Weymouth a few years ago, but decided against it due to the massive rents and rates levied on shops in the town centre. This is why there are shops left standing empty and hence no one employed in them. I could be employing 10 people by now, but decided it wasn't worth the risk. If rates and rents were half of what they are today then I'd give it a shot.
FitterC
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12:58pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Chris S B wrote:We are still in recession! And with recent announcements of further job losses in the area, the situation is now worse. On my drive in to the office this morning I passed two more businesses that have closed in only the last week.
Bear in mind these are the figures for last year, at the height of the recession, so why the headline is in the present tense I don't know.
The retail business confidence data published this morning and concomitant anlayses of consumer trends indicate that we are heading for a depressed Christmas season suggest further casualties in the New Year. However, I would be truly delighted if the predictions turn out to be wrong.
As for Drax, burbling platitudes from within his 75,000 acre estate, the man seems to have finally lost all grip on time and reality.
daddykingcool
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1:39pm Fri 26 Nov 10
RobinofLocksley
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2:09pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Tru belle
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2:37pm Fri 26 Nov 10
daddykingcool wrote:RobinofLocksley, Weymouth says...
Wow, 1 in 3 - will need a Primark now to cope with all this - would make a nice addiition to Lidl, TK Max, Asda, Aldi & Cash Converters........
2:09pm Fri 26 Nov 10
These figures certainly shouldn't come as a great surprise to Mr. Goodman and the W&PBC people concerned with economic development. They should already know them in considerable detail if they are to know what sort of businesses they should be trying to attract to the area. Duh!
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King George III riding out of Weymouth on his white horse tells us something!
Tru belle
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2:45pm Fri 26 Nov 10
The hard work done by the regional development agencies tried to repair the situation under Labour, and now everything is back to square one again in a blink of an eye.
How does Mr Drax feel about this?
Olimpets_2012
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2:46pm Fri 26 Nov 10
maximan wrote:I also missed the Dorset Echo's "Fidel Castro becomes W&PBC councillor" headline.
my goodness Terry Waites is looking rough
Tru belle
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2:52pm Fri 26 Nov 10
CoogarUK.com
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5:14pm Fri 26 Nov 10
CoogarUK.com
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5:14pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Equilibrium
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6:30pm Fri 26 Nov 10
FitterC
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6:44pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Equilibrium wrote:Not to mention the Thatcher Tory government that closed the dockyard and closed AUWE, thereby wiping out the area's major employers. This government has declared (and since confirmed) its intent to abolish the SWRDA which was beginning to enjoy a measure of success in attracting new employment opportunities to the area, e.g. PPA, encouraged by the Labour government and assisted by a very effective local MP.
In an area with too much unemployment and no real prospect of career or challenging work opportunities in the near or long term future, building more social housing is only going to further deepen what are already deep seated local economic and social problems. Shame, such a lovely area completely turned on its head by neglectful management and a touchy feely government with no common sense...
Rethink
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8:01pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Loamingloof
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8:42pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Tru belle wrote:Vote Drax, wet the free fall sequence in Moonraker.
Ask Richard Drax how many agricultural workers he has laid off- Some will say one too many!
Cutting too much, too soon, without due care and reasoned consideration.
Funny how the Tories used to speak of the UK economy as though it was in the mess Ireland is in, or Iceland, or Turkey was in ... ?
Now we are helping rescue Ireland in the hope of an export led boom.
The only word we await they might utter worth believing is: "Help!"
They should go now, and HM Queen should call on Ed Miliband, the people having been foolish enough to reject Brown and Darling.
Tru belle
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9:45pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Loamingloof wrote:"A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in mid-air, destroying the carrier plane. Bond is recalled from Africa to investigate!"
Tru belle wrote: Ask Richard Drax how many agricultural workers he has laid off- Some will say one too many!Vote Drax, wet the free fall sequence in Moonraker. Cutting too much, too soon, without due care and reasoned consideration. Funny how the Tories used to speak of the UK economy as though it was in the mess Ireland is in, or Iceland, or Turkey was in ... ? Now we are helping rescue Ireland in the hope of an export led boom. The only word we await they might utter worth believing is: "Help!" They should go now, and HM Queen should call on Ed Miliband, the people having been foolish enough to reject Brown and Darling.
You mean that Drax? I thought it was all about plantations and power stations!
Ethel Rankin
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9:52pm Fri 26 Nov 10
With regard to comments from Drax, give him enough rope as they say!
Is that scary disheveled bloke really a Councillor?
Loamingloof
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11:55pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Tru belle wrote:Best Drax doesn't get beyond the opening sequence, and this coalition with him.
Loamingloof wrote:"A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in mid-air, destroying the carrier plane. Bond is recalled from Africa to investigate!"
Tru belle wrote: Ask Richard Drax how many agricultural workers he has laid off- Some will say one too many!Vote Drax, wet the free fall sequence in Moonraker. Cutting too much, too soon, without due care and reasoned consideration. Funny how the Tories used to speak of the UK economy as though it was in the mess Ireland is in, or Iceland, or Turkey was in ... ? Now we are helping rescue Ireland in the hope of an export led boom. The only word we await they might utter worth believing is: "Help!" They should go now, and HM Queen should call on Ed Miliband, the people having been foolish enough to reject Brown and Darling.
You mean that Drax? I thought it was all about plantations and power stations!
JamesYoung
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11:56pm Fri 26 Nov 10
Just how bankrupt did Britain need to go before you accept that Brown was a disaster?
He came to power with £400 billion debt and turned it into £1 trillion. The Tories were running a budget surplus in the final year of government.
He built a huge public sector that ran up huge pension liabilities.
Concealed debt in the form of PFI schemes, to make it look like the country owed less than it actually does.
Sold gold off when the price was at an all time low.
Encouraged a consumer debt boom that took UK personal debt from £1.2tn to £4tn (and called it "economic growth")
Took away powers from the Bank and gave it to the FSA, thus removing the safety measures that would have prevented British banks indulging in risky behaviour, thus directly causing the asset bubble and the subsequent banking crisis.
All this at a time when income tax and corporation tax receipts were at an all time high.
Come on. If you are really that blind you shouldn't be voting.
Mike Edwards
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7:24am Sat 27 Nov 10
JamesYoung wrote:Here here.
"They should go now, and HM Queen should call on Ed Miliband, the people having been foolish enough to reject Brown and Darling" Just how bankrupt did Britain need to go before you accept that Brown was a disaster? He came to power with £400 billion debt and turned it into £1 trillion. The Tories were running a budget surplus in the final year of government. He built a huge public sector that ran up huge pension liabilities. Concealed debt in the form of PFI schemes, to make it look like the country owed less than it actually does. Sold gold off when the price was at an all time low. Encouraged a consumer debt boom that took UK personal debt from £1.2tn to £4tn (and called it "economic growth") Took away powers from the Bank and gave it to the FSA, thus removing the safety measures that would have prevented British banks indulging in risky behaviour, thus directly causing the asset bubble and the subsequent banking crisis. All this at a time when income tax and corporation tax receipts were at an all time high. Come on. If you are really that blind you shouldn't be voting.
585
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8:51am Sat 27 Nov 10
Did he mean 'Hear, hear' which is the usual method of giving approbation to a remark made by somebody else?
Micke12
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12:04pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Mike Edwards
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12:53pm Sat 27 Nov 10
585 wrote:I apologise 585 I am just a secondary school pleb trying to join in the comments taking place between the well educated, articulate people on here.
Mike Edwards, weymouth says..Here here. Did he mean 'Hear, hear' which is the usual method of giving approbation to a remark made by somebody else?
JANEAUSTEN
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1:08pm Sat 27 Nov 10
JANEAUSTEN
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1:14pm Sat 27 Nov 10
CoogarUK.com wrote:Up to 15 workers may lose their jobs on the Lulworth Estate.
Plenty of job for people who really want them. None that appeal to benefit scroungers.
Some of them may have to claim benefits.
I sincerely hope you dont refer to them as 'benefit scroungers' if, after 6 months, they havn't managed to find another job - I cant imagine there are that many vacant positions out there.
585
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1:23pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Nothing wrong with secondary school education, or at least there used to be nothing wrong with it just after WW2, when I went to a secondary school followed by 3 years as an RAF apprentice, can't speak for what passes for education now.
What JANEAUSTEN says is true, I do enjoy being an old curmudgeon (:o))
FitterC
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1:23pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Mike Edwards wrote:Nice bit of sarcasm :-)
585 wrote:I apologise 585 I am just a secondary school pleb trying to join in the comments taking place between the well educated, articulate people on here.
Mike Edwards, weymouth says..Here here. Did he mean 'Hear, hear' which is the usual method of giving approbation to a remark made by somebody else?
FitterC
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1:31pm Sat 27 Nov 10
JamesYoung wrote:The names Lehman, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Standard & Poor, etc. mean anything to you?
"They should go now, and HM Queen should call on Ed Miliband, the people having been foolish enough to reject Brown and Darling"
Just how bankrupt did Britain need to go before you accept that Brown was a disaster?
He came to power with £400 billion debt and turned it into £1 trillion. The Tories were running a budget surplus in the final year of government.
He built a huge public sector that ran up huge pension liabilities.
Concealed debt in the form of PFI schemes, to make it look like the country owed less than it actually does.
Sold gold off when the price was at an all time low.
Encouraged a consumer debt boom that took UK personal debt from £1.2tn to £4tn (and called it "economic growth")
Took away powers from the Bank and gave it to the FSA, thus removing the safety measures that would have prevented British banks indulging in risky behaviour, thus directly causing the asset bubble and the subsequent banking crisis.
All this at a time when income tax and corporation tax receipts were at an all time high.
Come on. If you are really that blind you shouldn't be voting.
Recollect that Brown was made World Statesman of the Year 2009 for his leadership in steering the world economy back on course. Thanks to Gordon Brown the greedy, incompetent bankers' crass behaviour in the USA and in the UK did not cause a massive depression, but only (forgive the irony) a recession.
YOu might note that the UK's economic performance has been rising steadily over the last 6 months as a direct result of Brown's policies. Only now the 6 month lag has fallen out do we see economic performance starting to fall as the insane front-loading of this Tory (forget about the irrelevant LibDems) government's spending cuts starts to bite businesses of all size in the arse - all businesses except the banks of course!
FitterC
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1:34pm Sat 27 Nov 10
When will W&PBC councillors learn that personal appearance counts.
Do they not worry that the populace think we are governed by Worzel Gummage?
JANEAUSTEN
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2:00pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Maybe Richard Drax does look suave and smooth, and I might fancy him on a boozy night out in 'Dorothys,' but give me sincerity over appearence any day of the week!!
free wessex
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3:51pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Tru belle
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6:24pm Sat 27 Nov 10
free wessex wrote:Very very interesting point- still ours is not to reason why!
It seems that the Echo does not wish people to comment on the redundancy package for the departing Weymouth and Portland chief executive, I wonder why?
Blow all that--Dear Echo- tell us all why can't your readers and council tax payers comment?
FitterC
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6:38pm Sat 27 Nov 10
JANEAUSTEN wrote:I agree with your core argument. However, looks do count. One does not have to be handsome or pretty, but to carry public office with the degree of gravitas that the role invariably demands, a sense of dress and deportment works wonders in lending credibility. Look at how many of the wags above focussed, not on what Goodman said, but what he looks like. And this is not the first time an unfortunate photograph has been allowed to detract from the value of what a local politician has said. I wouldn't dream of turning up at my company looking scruffy, nor would I appear in front of clients (aka constituents) as such and any of my client-facing employees doing so are in deep doo-dee!
Its not looks that count for Gods sake, but sincerity and opinions.
Maybe Richard Drax does look suave and smooth, and I might fancy him on a boozy night out in 'Dorothys,' but give me sincerity over appearence any day of the week!!
Tru belle
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6:43pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Bournemouth Woman
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6:53pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Why Suspend My Account?
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7:31pm Sat 27 Nov 10
Bournemouth Woman wrote:FFS- the guy cannot be held responsible for the actions of his ancestors hundreds of years ago. At the time, it was perfectly acceptable- a bit like burning a suspected witch, which would be completely crazy nowadays.
I see Drax and the Tories haven't lost their bigotted views about unemployed people? It would be nice if Drax could take his money and go and buy a paradise island and he can do all the exploiting of the local population that his family is renowned for!!!!!
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Bournemouth Woman- let us search through YOUR family tree and see what skeletons are lurking in YOUR closet....
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By all means, attack Drax for his current behaviour, but not the behaviour of his ancestors.
weymouthfox
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9:00pm Sat 27 Nov 10
FitterC
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12:35pm Sun 28 Nov 10
Tru belle wrote:Commander Mike Goodman, MBE, and last commander of HMS Osprey. But how many of the above actually know that Goodman is a man genuinely worthy of respect? Sadly very few. They pick on the image they want to have because it suits their own personal dislike of W&PBC.
Commander Mike Goodman portrays the old seadog he is! I am sure his beard insulates him very well in this very chilly November weather.
Tru belle
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4:59pm Sun 28 Nov 10
FitterC wrote:I agree with your comment about Commander Mike Goodman, MBE, he is worthy of more respect than many can imagine.
Tru belle wrote: Commander Mike Goodman portrays the old seadog he is! I am sure his beard insulates him very well in this very chilly November weather.Commander Mike Goodman, MBE, and last commander of HMS Osprey. But how many of the above actually know that Goodman is a man genuinely worthy of respect? Sadly very few. They pick on the image they want to have because it suits their own personal dislike of W&PBC.
We also lost the legacy of the Royal Navy in our area long ago so many people will not remember or understand the character and personality of people like Mike and his kind.
Mick from the rock
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11:22pm Sun 28 Nov 10
seahear
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5:35pm Mon 29 Nov 10
The link is http://www.dorsetfor
you.com/331625
FitterC
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6:16pm Mon 29 Nov 10
seahear wrote:The data you correctly refer to accounts only for those claiming jobseekers benefit. The figure refered to in the article is the workless figure, which includes those claiming jobseekers allowance, incapacity benefit as well as others who are not claiming any benefits but don’t work such as parents at home looking after children and carers
Putting Mr Drax on one side I cannot tally this with the ONS Statistics which gives current claimant unemployment as 2.7% of working age residents.
The link is http://www.dorsetfor
you.com/331625
regardez
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9:38am Tue 30 Nov 10
Those councillors need to stop blaming business and the area and stand up and be counted by pointing the finger at work shy fops who dwell in their constituency.
As for the rest of us, stop whittling on about previous governments and the navy leaving.......we live in an amazing area geographically with great people but every time someone comes up with an idea to make Weymouth great (Pavillion, Olympics, relief road, Hotels, wind turbines, Esplanade re-generation etc etc) we say 'NOT HERE WE DON'T LIKE CHANGE'
Councillor Goodman, my final point. What are you on about you can't raise a family on Tourism and supermarket jobs....COBBLERS ! What you mean is you can't have plasma tvs and three holidays a year. Kids need to understand that you start small and work for the rest.
Rant over ! ahhh
seahear
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4:41pm Tue 30 Nov 10
FitterC wrote:FitterC - thank you for this clarification. 'Lies, damned lies and statistics' - comes to mind!
seahear wrote:The data you correctly refer to accounts only for those claiming jobseekers benefit. The figure refered to in the article is the workless figure, which includes those claiming jobseekers allowance, incapacity benefit as well as others who are not claiming any benefits but don’t work such as parents at home looking after children and carers
Putting Mr Drax on one side I cannot tally this with the ONS Statistics which gives current claimant unemployment as 2.7% of working age residents.
The link is http://www.dorsetfor
you.com/331625
This seems to be such a cover all statistic then that I don't think it throws much light on anything. To put together those who do not choose to work but are no burden on others with those who would like to but cannot find any does not not give much of a helpful picture.
FitterC
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11:55pm Tue 30 Nov 10
seahear wrote:Well, yes and no. I can see where you're coming from but the data need to be seen in a broader context. The principle lesson to be gleaned is that there is a fairly large population not in work through choice. Perhaps they do not need to because they have independent means, or cannot because they are carers for a sick relative, perhaps they are on a pension. The real significance of the data for Weymouth is that Weymouth has a relatively small pool of available labour. Middlesborough, on the other hand and our closest neighbour in the data set, has a much larger pool. That makes Middlesborough a more attractive prospect for large-scale inward investment. This is generally bad news for the Weymouth jobseekers.
FitterC wrote:FitterC - thank you for this clarification. 'Lies, damned lies and statistics' - comes to mind!
seahear wrote:The data you correctly refer to accounts only for those claiming jobseekers benefit. The figure refered to in the article is the workless figure, which includes those claiming jobseekers allowance, incapacity benefit as well as others who are not claiming any benefits but don’t work such as parents at home looking after children and carers
Putting Mr Drax on one side I cannot tally this with the ONS Statistics which gives current claimant unemployment as 2.7% of working age residents.
The link is http://www.dorsetfor
you.com/331625
This seems to be such a cover all statistic then that I don't think it throws much light on anything. To put together those who do not choose to work but are no burden on others with those who would like to but cannot find any does not not give much of a helpful picture.
Chris S B
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11:45am Wed 1 Dec 10
FitterC wrote:Still in a recession?? I think not. Just today it was reported in the national press that UK manufacturing activity has hit a 16-year high. My company is up 15% on last year.
Chris S B wrote:We are still in recession! And with recent announcements of further job losses in the area, the situation is now worse. On my drive in to the office this morning I passed two more businesses that have closed in only the last week.
Bear in mind these are the figures for last year, at the height of the recession, so why the headline is in the present tense I don't know.
The retail business confidence data published this morning and concomitant anlayses of consumer trends indicate that we are heading for a depressed Christmas season suggest further casualties in the New Year. However, I would be truly delighted if the predictions turn out to be wrong.
As for Drax, burbling platitudes from within his 75,000 acre estate, the man seems to have finally lost all grip on time and reality.
JANEAUSTEN
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12:57pm Wed 1 Dec 10
JamesYoung
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3:36pm Wed 1 Dec 10
JANEAUSTEN wrote:Or something to do with exchange rates and overseas demand.....
Do you mean this government has spun us a load of ****, sorry ,misinformation? For manufacturing to hit an 16 yr high now must be thanks to the policies of the Labour Party!
When will you Labour voters concede that Brown was a disaster, just like every politician before him and after him.
The only difference was that he did it on a grander scale
JANEAUSTEN
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6:08pm Wed 1 Dec 10
JamesYoung wrote:Actually James I'm not a Labour voter. At the moment I havnt got a party, as I voted Lib-Dem last time round. I'll be voting Green next time unless Douglas Alexander becomes leader of the Labour Party - a canny Scot if ever I saw one.
JANEAUSTEN wrote:Or something to do with exchange rates and overseas demand.....
Do you mean this government has spun us a load of ****, sorry ,misinformation? For manufacturing to hit an 16 yr high now must be thanks to the policies of the Labour Party!
When will you Labour voters concede that Brown was a disaster, just like every politician before him and after him.
The only difference was that he did it on a grander scale
FitterC
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9:54pm Wed 1 Dec 10
Chris S B wrote:LOL! Mine is up 15.5% Given the lag in the economic cycle you and I can both put our good fortune down to Labour's sensible economic policies in the face of stupidity and greed from the banks. We can also thank our lucky stars that Labour steered us away from the mess that has befallen Greece, Ireland and soon Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Italy, sucking in France and Germany. It's a shame that the recent forecasts for this government's efforts are not as promising!
FitterC wrote:Still in a recession?? I think not. Just today it was reported in the national press that UK manufacturing activity has hit a 16-year high. My company is up 15% on last year.
Chris S B wrote:We are still in recession! And with recent announcements of further job losses in the area, the situation is now worse. On my drive in to the office this morning I passed two more businesses that have closed in only the last week.
Bear in mind these are the figures for last year, at the height of the recession, so why the headline is in the present tense I don't know.
The retail business confidence data published this morning and concomitant anlayses of consumer trends indicate that we are heading for a depressed Christmas season suggest further casualties in the New Year. However, I would be truly delighted if the predictions turn out to be wrong.
As for Drax, burbling platitudes from within his 75,000 acre estate, the man seems to have finally lost all grip on time and reality.
Tinker2
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11:34pm Wed 1 Dec 10
regardez
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7:49am Thu 2 Dec 10
No more wishy washy politics please.
JANEAUSTEN
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11:02am Thu 2 Dec 10
'true-ring'
JANEAUSTEN says...
10:19am Fri 26 Nov 10
And Richard, your comment 'sufficient land for economic development ' in Weymouth, and hence more jobs - not sure if you know your Weymouth electorate - no doubt there will be objections right left and centre to that.