South 'is funding North's dole pay'

[thunderlizard]

because we Northerners tend to favour incapacity benefit over jobseeker's allowance, so our stats are lower than they should be.

[Sysman]

http://www.derby.ac.uk/press-office/...where-you-live

This unsettling new analysis by the former City economist, Visiting Professor of Business and Economic Forecasting at the University of Derby’s Derbyshire Business School, has examined a wide range of regional data to reveal big structural inequalities.

“As a City economist I spent a lot of time in Continental Europe,” said Professor Smith.

No bias there then.

[Numptycorner]

He's an 'economist' who thinks rising wages will help people afford homes. The guy is obviously a moron.

[Sysman]

So how come London is the region with the highest unemployment rate in the UK right now?

http://www.hrmguide.co.uk/jobmarket/...employment.htm

So let 'em pick those billions of rotting strawberries then.

[thunderlizard]

yes, it's like Dennis Healey and wage control.

[Sockpuppet]

So how come London is the region with the highest unemployment rate in the UK right now?

Its becuase they are all struggling actors, musicians or artists (or other profession that should be "out of work")