Unemployment is a challenge. This blog looks at what is happening around the country and some solutions. You are not alone
These are personal thoughts-
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Introduction
I feature some views on the Unemployment situation News in the UK. We feature the latest on The U.K Unemployment News. The Youtube channel has a focus on UK Unemployment News with specially selected material
A day when the stats and Banker feature in the same news bulletins
In many ways interelated as the Bankers started the issue of the recession which affected the Employment rate and led to an increase in Youth Unemployment
Apprenticeships are now available in careers ranging from advertising, to legal work, to art galleries, and information technology, to name but a few of the 1,200 job roles on offer. Is that the solution to the Youth Unemploymentor NEET ? The challenge of Pay is an issue National minimum wage for apprentices, which is £2.73 per hour. A lot lower than the minimum wage Apprentice News
If you move people off JSA to ESA you get some interesting results. Note ESA are not featured here
The figures are encouraging however against the past figures
Around 14.7% of workers, or 4.5 million, are self-employed, down by 88,000 on the quarter but up by 279,000 on a year ago, while the number of part-time workers wanting a full-time job remained at about 1.3 million.
Employment Minister Esther McVey said: "Record numbers of people in work means more people with the security of a regular wage who are better able to support themselves and their families.
Part of the problem is that many are not feeling the benefits. many are still searching to undertake 2 or more Jobs
Background
Unemployment is referred to as a lagging indicator, because businesses will often delay laying people off as long as they can in difficult times.
A few months after the start of the recession in 2008, unemployment started to rise sharply. When the global financial crisis hit, the unemployment rate was a little over 5% or 1.6 million.
Towards the end of 2009, with the UK coming out of its severest recession since the 1950s, it was almost a million higher at 2.5 million, or 8%.
Unemployment peaked at almost 2.7 million at the end of 2011, its highest level for 17 years.
Bankers
Six banks have been collectively fined £2.6bn by UK and US regulators over their traders' attempted manipulation of foreign exchange rates.
HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss bank UBS and US banks JP Morgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of America have all been fined.
Have we not been here before and didn't this whole recession start with the Banks? Is there not an issue with bankers benefiting from fraud or " benefits fraud"
income-related ESA – usually you get this on its own or on top of contribution-based ESA, if you’re on a low income
Contribution-based ESA
Contribution-based ESA lasts 1 year if you’re in the work-related activity group. You may be able to re-apply at least 12 weeks after your contribution-based ESA ends. You may qualify again depending on:
National Insurance contributions you paid in different tax years
whether your health deteriorates and you’re placed in the support group
There’s no time limit on how long you can claim contribution-basedESA if you’re in the support group.
Income-related ESA
You may qualify for income-related ESA if you no longer qualify for contribution-based ESA.
How much you get depends on your circumstances. There’s no time limit on income-related ESA.
Benefits sanctions
Your ESA can be reduced if you don’t go to interviews or do work-related activity as agreed with your adviser. The reduction can continue for up to 4 weeks.
You’ll get a ‘sanction letter’. Tell your ESA adviser if you have a good reason for missing the interview.
You’ll get another letter if the decision is made to give you a sanction. Your benefit will only be affected once a decision has been made.
There is an argument that an MP is a Public employee
Why is his or hers skill base worth more than the skilled staff featured here?
TUC
Rallies occured this week on behalf of the Public servants "Our members didn't cause this recession, our members didn't cause the failures of the banks,"Dave Prentice said TUC says Top directors were being awarded 175 times more than the average worker, while five million people were earning less than the living wage.
People are currently facing the biggest squeeze on their incomes since Victorian times”
Paul KennyGMB union general secretary
Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said Labour should support workers by offering a "clear socialist alternative" to the Conservatives at the next election.
"I say to Labour - stop being scared of your own shadow. Don't shrink what you offer the British people," he said.
We must make life as difficult as possible for today's slave masters and traffickers, and the position of the victims of slavery must be transformed”
The figures speak for them selves
Romania, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland are part of the Eastern European block has been. In the news many of these countries you will see the prosperous aspects of the countries.
Those travelling into the U.K from Poland and Lithuania for example there are no Visa requirements just the need to carry their passport People from Poland were the most likely victims of labour exploitation - forced to work in agriculture, construction, factories and car washes. East Europeans sometimes sell their passports for drink or drugs or have them removed.
How would you recognize it ?
What support is available?
DWP provide translation for most languages for anyone who gets away and the Police are able to telephone for translation as well.
If an individual is entitled to be in the U.K then the issues are less complex but the support in any situation is important
In most locations there are night shelters as well as organizations like "Framework " or the Salvation Army that can assist
Why?
Some victims had initially responded to online dating sites or job adverts. "Various sources indicate that tattoos are used globally to mark victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation by traffickers and pimps, but the extent to which this is used in the UK is not known.” How do they arrive? It is possible to catch buses as well as flights from as little as a cost of a train from many parts of the U.K. A return trip from East Midlands or Doncaster Airport can be less than £100 It is possible to drive through the EU from countries like Lithuania
So what action is being taken by the U.K government and U.K agencies The U.K Border agencies and Police are acting
Crime Invasion Human Trafficking
It is a criminal offence and these documentaries show real stories from the U.K Showing issues that are tough to take on board.
SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THESE VIDEOS DISTURBING
Mental health problems are estimated to cost the economy around £100bn a year and around 70 million working days are also lost annually.
Nearly two-thirds of patients get access to talking therapies within 28 days. So asking the NHS to ensure 95% are seen within 18 weeks does not seem a big ask. Mental Health is also a issue seen in our prisons.
If you’ve just been diagnosed with a mental health problem you might be looking for information on your diagnosis, treatment options and where to go for support. Our information pages will help you learn more.
Types of depression (3)
Stress and anxiety (5)
Sleep (2)
Suicide and self-harm (3)
Eating and body image (2)
Types of personality disorder (2)
Mania, bipolar (2)
Psychosis, hearing voices and schizophrenia (4)
Other (9)
Anxiety and panic attacks
Explains anxiety and panic attacks, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Bipolar disorder
These pages describe the symptoms of bipolar disorder and what treatments are available. It also suggests how you can help yourself, and what family and friends can do.
Body dysmorphic disorder
Explains Body dysmorphic disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Borderline personality disorder
Explains borderline personality disorder (BPD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Depression
Explains depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Dissociative disorder
Explains dissociative disorders, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Drugs - street drugs
Explains the mental health effects of street drugs such as alcohol, cannabis or cocaine. It explains what might happen if you use street drugs and also have a mental health problem, and suggestions for where you might find support.
Eating problems
Explains eating problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Hearing voices
About voices, who hears them and how to cope if they are a problem.
Hypomania and mania
Explains hypomania and mania, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Loneliness
Explains loneliness, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Mental health problems - introduction
Explains the most commonly discussed mental health problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Explains obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Panic attacks
Brief tips about panic attacks and what might help.
Paranoia
Explains paranoia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Personality disorders
Explains personality disorders, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support.
Phobia
Explains phobias, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Postnatal depression
Explains postnatal depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Psychotic experiences
Explains pyschotic experiences, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
PTSD
Explains post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Schizoaffective disorder
For people who have been given a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, and their friends and relatives. Explains what the disorder is, and the types of treatment and support available.
Schizophrenia
Explains schizophrenia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Seasonal affective disorder
Explains seasonal affective disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Self-esteem
Explains how to increase your self-esteem, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Self-harm
Explains self-harm, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Sleep problems
Explains insomnia and other sleep problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Sleep problems - tips
Brief tips on how to cope with sleep problems.
Stress
Explains what stress is, including possible causes, and how you can learn to cope, with tips on how to relax.
Stress - tips
Brief tips on how to cope with stress.
Suicidal feelings
Explains what suicidal feelings are, including possible causes and how you can learn to cope.
With the Scottish independence: referendum taking the majority of the key
focus of media interest and political debate it was easy to miss out the
Unemployment figures this month
But maybe it was also a significant time to
look at Scottish Unemployment and areas that re well know and seen as an issue
like Glasgow
We clearly see the Unemployment issues and figures highlight the North East and Welsh areas as an issue and the Interactive map shows that most of the stats are the same in most areas.
In the near future we may look at how the areas of the Universal Credit has altered the Stats for JSA figures in those areas The BBC no longer use the interactive map but it does make for interesting viewing
Migration has been a political hot subject in the U.K for some time. Indeed, the
figures make interesting reading that have been published today.
UKIP have
long made it a political issue so these figures make an interesting comment.
When we hear that Polish Nationality and Indian Nationalities have become a
large group in the area and affecting the public services we can see or at least
observe the changes here.
In some areas the need to communicate in some languages may be of Benefit.
Look at the map. Whilst the figures for the census are a few years ago now and
the Bulgarian and Romanian communities have only recently had the same
opportunities as the A8 nations it is worthy of reflection
Language is a key factor in certain areas. I observe that Boston in Lincolnshire has Polish and Lithuanian as key languages. Does your area reflect the changes that have occured?
