Scottish unemployment total rises by 16,000

[scooterscot]

feckless loafers... English tax payer pay up already.. but wait

Scottish unemployment total rises by 16,000 - BBC News

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Unemployment in Scotland rose by 16,000 between November and January to stand at 171,000, according to official figures.

The jobless rate north of the border is now 6.1%, compared with 5.1% for the UK as a whole.

UK unemployment fell by 28,000 over the same period to 1.68 million.

Meanwhile, employment in Scotland increased by 17,000, to reach 2,631,000. At 74.5%, the rate is above the UK average of 74.1%.

[BrilloPad]

If they had gone independent there would have been full employment by now.

[Uncle Albert]

If they had gone independent there would have been full unemployment by now.

FTFY

[WTFH]

Sorry what is your point? Not surprising that Scottish unemployment has risen with the floor falling out of the oil price. They are not creating jobs faster than they are being lost. So the overall employment is increasing, the number of unemployed are not.

Makes perfect sense when you balance it against the million or so extra people that are arriving yearly in the UK. Still want to stay in the EU?

But the Scottish economy isn't based on oil, in fact oil is only a tiny fraction of its income, etc etc (as we were told in rants by people who love Scotland so much they refuse to live there)

[scooterscot]

But the Scottish economy isn't based on oil, in fact oil is only a tiny fraction of its income, etc etc (as we were told in rants by people who love Scotland so much they refuse to live there)

Indeed. Whisky and tourism being leading exports.

[scooterscot]

Sorry what is your point? Not surprising that Scottish unemployment has risen with the floor falling out of the oil price. They are not creating jobs faster than they are being lost. So the overall employment is increasing, the number of unemployed are not.

Makes perfect sense when you balance it against the million or so extra people that are arriving yearly in the UK. Still want to stay in the EU?

My point is the headline is misleading, negative. The fact there's more people in work in the economy is a good thing.

[Troll]

A small country far away of which we know little

[DimPrawn]

A small country far away of which we care little

FTFY