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Employment Blackspots Update

We have been reporting on employment black spots in Britain over the last few months, where we have found strong evidence of persistent poor local job prospects. The unemployment data released today shows that Inverclyde is now the hardest place in Britain to find a job, where there are over thirty five dole claimants chasing every vacancy. Inverclyde has appeared frequently in the top 10 blackspots, and back in May 2011 Invercylde had been the hardest place to find a job when almost thirty two dole claimants were chasing every vacancy.

Area	Claimants	Vacancies	Ratio
Inverclyde	3,057	87	35.1
North Ayrshire	5,933	256	23.2
West Dunbartonshire	3,840	166	23.1
Hackney	11,081	487	22.8
Waltham Forest	9,782	490	20.0
Merthyr Tydfil	2,257	115	19.6
Lewisham	10,624	561	18.9
Haringey	10,813	606	17.8
Blaenau Gwent	3,140	183	17.2
Kingston upon Hull, City of	14,314	843	17.0

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Source- nomisweb.co.uk