October 28, 2011
The Public and Commercial Services Union has condemned plans to close 19 jobcentres across the UK, announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today. Despite a formal public consultation the offices in major cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Cardiff are to close, including award-winning jobcentres such as Camberwell where 2,000 local people signed ...
November 11, 2009
Commenting on today’s unemployment figures for Wales, Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Economy Minister, Jenny Randerson AM said: “Another month, another set of figures show that Welsh families are more likely to be facing unemployment and hardship than most other places in the UK. “We are continuing to see high unemployment, high economic inactivity, and high ...
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November 11, 2009
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan MP said: “Unemployment in Wales continues to be a blight on the economy and on the lives of workers and their families struggling to survive Labour’s recession. “In the last year 600 jobs a week have been lost in ...
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