MP Warns of rising Scunthorpe Unemployment
17 August 2012 by Scunny Independent NewsDespite media hype following on from the Olympics telling us how in the country as a whole unemployment has decreased, our local Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin has a contrary view, which seems to reflect accurately what has actually been reported locally.
Writing on his facebook page Nic Said "A lot of people will have seen in the media today a report that unemployment has fallen however I have received figures to show that in Scunthorpe has risen.
The facts are that the number of unemployed claimants in
The number of claimants is 204 higher than in July 2011 and 3 higher than in June 2012.
These
figures are particually worrying as towards the end of the year
The Government need to look at areas such as
We think
that Nic is absolutely right to
stand up and make it clear that this claim by the government in the national
press is nothing other than political spin designed to make our political leaders look good,
while papering over the cracks, ignoring the situation which affects a large
amount of the population, and essentially blaming
the victim for being out of
work. This divide and rule tactic has been used constantly by governments to create prejudice between worker, claimant, job
seeker and invalid. This news comes as we find our that JJB will cease trading
in
One of
the major issues we have in
It's all too easy nowadays to blame the job seeker for not wanting work, or for being too lazy, or for relying on benefits, as this is increasingly the message we are given by government and media alike. We here at Visit Scunthorpe do not believe this is the case, and would like to hear peoples "Job seeker" stories - so email through your experiences of looking for work in Scunthorpe, good and bad, and we'll put together an article which gives a more balanced view than the national media, by talking to and including those who are really involved - you.
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We have 2nd and 3rd Generation unemployed families where the younger members look to their elders and see them living a fairly OK if basic living off the state so think to themselves why should I work if I can get subsidised housing and money to live on?
In a recent recruitment campaign a local company looking for 40 new members of staff only received 120 applicants. Two years ago 10 posts generated over 400 applicants.
There is some work out there, it is not necessarily what people want but it could be a step back onto the employment ladder.
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