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UCU today slammed the decision by Bishop Auckland College to axe up to 204 jobs over a quarter of its workforce.
Today's employment statistics from the ONS are bleak reading for the North East as despite a national rise in employment of 17,000 the North East has bucked the trend with unemployment rising by 11,000 in the region so the figure now stands at 10.4% - the worst in the country.
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Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
The rise only covers half the rise in inflation and low paid workers are the most vulnerable group in the workforce in terms of being affected by the rise in fuel and food prices says GMB
The TUC fears that the unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) could confirm that youth unemployment is at its highest level since records began and get ever closer to one million.