ENERGY Secretary Ed Davey was last night accused of insulting people in the North East after he seemed to imply that record unemployment levels were actually good news.Read
UNEMPLOYMENT in the North East has risen by 6,000 since December – putting it among the worst figures for 17 years – despite falls elsewhere in the country.Read
BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has sparked anger and disappointment by axing talks to look at cutting unemployment in a hard-hit part of the North East.Read
UNION chiefs have urged the Chancellor to tackle a jobs crisis that has left more than nine jobseekers per vacancy in the North East – more than twice the number in the South.Read
BUSINESS leaders yesterday called for “radical” tax incentives to boost job creation as 19,000 more people joined the unemployed in the North East.Read
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