News
| NEWS |  | | | | | OXFORD UNITED | | | | | | CRICKET | | | | | NEWS | |
|
|
|
Jobless total rises again
The number of people out of work and claiming Jobseekers Allowance in the county has gone up for the fifth month in a row.
A total of 3,820 claimants are gistered for the benefit in Oxfordshire, a rise of 58 on the previous month.
But the overall percentage of jobseekers remains at 0.9 per cent, with 425 fewer people claiming dole than a year ago.
Oxford had the highest unemployment rate in the county, with 1,526 claimants or 1.4 per cent while West Oxfordshire had the lowest with 372 or 0.6 per cent. The Vale of the White Horse had the lowest, with just 446 or 0. 6 per cent.
Nationally, the number of people seeking benefit increased by 7,200 to 806,300, according to the Office for National Statistics.
11:11am Wednesday 14th May 2008
Print 
Email this 
Comment
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
