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The number of people who are unemployed n Eastleigh as measured by the number of job seekers claiming JSA has dropped for the eighth month in a row. There are now 1,462 jobseekers in Eastleigh or 1.9% of the local working age population – down from 1,750 , or 2.2%, in March . This...
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Up to 90 bakery workers could be left struggling to earn a crust following an announcement by British Bakeries to close the Hovis bakery in Toynbee Road by June – a move which could see 191 houses built on the site. Premier Foods, owners of British Bakeries announced last month they would be shedding...
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The Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills have jointly announced today, an investment of £950m to “Create and safeguard more than 200,000 jobs across England”. But none of that investment is targeted at Eastleigh. The bids that have been successful in the South East Region are: Portsmouth Naval Base...
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Eastleigh’s Planning Policy officer has expressed doubts over the ability of the current Local Draft Plan to deliver jobs growth over the next 20 years. He has also cast doubts on the viability of the River side project and the choice of Boorley Green as a development site. The frank assessment was delivered at...
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The latest employment figures released today show that unemployment in Eastleigh is remaining obstinately high although the number of available vacancies has increased. Nationally, the jobless rate jumped by 80,000 to 2.51 million with 1.58 million claiming Job seekers allowance at a £96 million per week cost to the government. In Eastleigh the number...
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The latest unemployment figures released last week show the number of people in Eastleigh claiming Job Seekers allowance has risen for the fifth month in a row to stand at 1630 with 4.5% of adults aged between 18 -24 on the dole. According to the Office for National Statistics, almost 1 in 10 people...
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Eastleigh News can reveal that there are now 17 jobseekers in the borough chasing every vacancy. The unemployment figures released yesterday showed that there were 1600 jobseekers in Eastleigh a 14% increase on last quarter – three times the number of unemployed in 2001. The figures also claimed there were 378 vacancies available in...
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The Latest government figures show unemployment continues to rise in Eastleigh having jumped by 14% in the last quarter. The number of people claiming job seekers allowance has risen for the consecutive fourth month and now stands at 1600 people – three times the number of jobseekers there were in 2001. The unemployment is concentrated in...
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Eastleigh’s dole queue doubled in size last month according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. New data shows that employment in the UK now stands at a record 2.5 million while in Eastleigh there are now 1359 people claiming JSA, twice the number there were at the height of the...
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Eastleigh’s long term unemployed could be forced to undertake menial work for £2.16 an hour under plans revealed by the government today. Work and pensions secretary Ian Duncan Smith, Chris Huhne’s cabinet colleague, has warned long term dole claimants they could lose their £65 a week benefit for up 3 months if they refused...
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Plans to build a business park on derelict land in Eastleigh town centre – providing up to 320 much needed local jobs – could be scrapped in favour of building more retirement flats. Retirement homes specialist McCarthy and Stone are already advertising the ‘assisted living’ apartments they intend to build on the ‘Centris’ site...
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Top Tory front bencher Theresa May, the Shadow Secretary of State for work and pensions was in Eastleigh today. The former Conservative party chairwoman and shadow minister for women – who had been instrumental in the drive to recruit more female candidates – was in Town at the invitation of Conservative PPC Maria Hutchings....
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Employment figures released today show the employment situation in Eastleigh is following the national trend. While the number of people claiming the dole in Eastleigh dropped by 127, the number of local people classed as ‘economically inactive’ jumped by 500. 1 in 6 people of working age in Eastleigh are not in work. As...
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Despite thousands of civil servants obeying the twoday strike call by the PCS union, it was ‘business as usual’ at Eastleigh’s Jobcentre plus on Southampton Road. The only sign of industrial action were notices that had been posted apologising to claimants for any delay due to ‘exceptional circumstances’. One member of staff claimed that...
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Figures issued by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance in Eastleigh jumped 5.7% in the last quarter to reach it’s highest level since 1996. Meanwhile during the same period the number of vacancies available at Eastleigh’s Jobcentre fell 58%. In January there were a total of...
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