Claimants are outnumbering vacancies by more than 15 to one in some areas of Britain, according to TUC analysis cited in the Guardian. The analysis found that the claimant to vacancy ratio was 5:1 for the country as a whole, with ratios of 7.6 in London and 6.1 in the North East.
Submitted by Paul Convery on Tue, 16/02/2010 - 2:21pm
Channel 4 says: "The politicians stay with people who need their help. But while some of the MPs relish the chance to get involved, others are less keen to roll up their sleeves."
