UK unemployment fell by 167,000 in the three months to December to 2.32m or 7.1%, the lowest since early 2009. This was driven by a huge increase in employment, up 280,000 in the three months, more than outweighing the growth in the size of the workforce in the same period. Total employment now stands at […]

Claimant unemployment fell by 42 in just one month in Acocks Green in November. It fell from 1,000 to 958, and together with Stechford and Yardley North and Weoley left the unloved club of Birmingham wards with unemployment over 1,000. For Acocks Green this represents a fall of 211 in the past year, a fall […]

Another month of good employment news leaves Acocks Green on the threshold of losing its membership of one of the more unwanted clubs in Birmingham – that of wards with claimant unemployment of over 1,000. Claimant unemployment fell by 32 to exactly 1,000 in Acocks Green. This represents 7.6% of the workforce and a fall […]

The latest month’s unemployment figures brought good news with the fall in unemployment gathering pace. The national headline level fell by 18,000 to just under 2.5m (or 7.7%) in the three months to the end of August, while September’s claimant count level fell by 41,500 to 1.35m. Meanwhile the number of people in jobs rose […]

Unemployment fell by a further 12 in Acocks Green in August, leaving the unadjusted claimant level at 1,079 (or 9.6%), which is 100 down on a year ago. Across Birmingham the unadjusted rate fell by 316 in the month to stand at 46,096 or 3,977 lower than a year ago. The month’s seasonally adjusted fall […]

Claimant Rate Unemployment fell again in Acocks Green in July. The unadjusted figure fell to 1,091 or 9.7%. It now stands 87 (or 0.8%) below the level a year ago. The number of long term unemployed in our patch now stands at 368 (down 11 on the month) and the number of youth claimants at […]

Unemployment continued to fall in Birmingham last month, mirroring the national trend. Seasonally adjusted unemployment benefit count fell by 21,200 nationally to 1.48m (4.7%). In Birmingham it fell by 368 to 47,816 (10.5%). Overall unemployment fell by 57,000 nationally in the last three months to 2.51m. In Acocks Green, the unadjusted unemployment claimant level fell […]

The Liberal Democrats have announced that our number 1 priority for campaigning over the next year will be about jobs. Jobs and employment are a top priority for ordinary people and as regular readers will know I have made a point of keeping track with the jobs situation in Acocks Green and beyond. Britain is […]

There was another modest but welcome, fall in Birmingham’s level of claimant unemployment in May. Seasonally adjusted claimant unemployment fell by 116 to 48,184 a rate of 10.6%. The national rate is 4.7%. Unadjusted claimant unemployment in Birmingham fell by 745 in May (unemployment tends to fall in May, hence the lower seasonally adjusted fall) […]

There was a small, but nonetheless very welcome, fall in Birmingham’s level of claimant unemployment in April. Seasonally adjusted claimant unemployment fell by 143 to 43,359 a rate of 10.6%. The national rate is 4.8%. Unadjusted claimant unemployment in Birmingham fell by 844 in April (unemployment tends to fall in April, hence the lower seasonally […]