Tag Archives: Jobseekers Allowance
Unemployment in Wandsworth
I have been tracking, on here, the figures for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claims in Wandsworth for well over a year. May showed another small drop; 6,519 people claimed JSA, 124 (1.9%) fewer than the previous month, although still 89 (1.4%) more than the same time last year. It does seem that the total claims have [...]
‘Unemployment’ in Wandsworth
It isn’t unemployment, of course, because those figures aren’t available for months on a borough level, but claims for Jobseekers’ Allowance, the main benefit available to the unemployed, fell (very slightly) in Wandsworth in March despite the national increase in unemployment. Over the course of the year from March 2009 to March 2010 there were [...]
Hooray! The recession is over
The UK has finally left recession. As Gordon Brown repeatedly told us, we were one of the best placed economies to weather the storm – although quite how that tallies with being the last major economy to see growth and having the longest recession since current records began escapes me. What is interesting to me, [...]
JSA claims drop in Wandsworth
Earlier this week I did a little analysis on the number of Jobseekers Allowance claims in Wandsworth and pointed out that while claims seemed to have plateaued nationally the trend was still upwards in Wandsworth. This week saw a drop of 172 claims (or 2.5%) in Wandsworth that perhaps gives some hope we aren’t going [...]
Wandsworth in the recession
With the year drawing to a close, and hopefully the UK’s longest and deepest recession with it, I’ve spent a little time looking at how Wandsworth has coped. I’ve repeatedly said that while Wandsworth isn’t immune to the effects of recession it is better placed than most to weather it. The graphs below are various [...]
The never-ending recession
We are now in the longest recession this country has suffered. No political points. The recession continues, unemployment goes up. Last month we saw a small drop in Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claims, this month’s increase more than wipes out the drop. Overall there was an increase of 140 JSA claims this month, a 2.1% rise. [...]
Wandsworth sees a small fall in unemployment claims
The growth in unemployment slowed nationally, but in Wandsworth it fell slightly in September. Not much, just 43, but that’s still a fall! Overall there were 6,673 people claiming Jobseekers Allowance in Wandsworth in September. A fall of 43 (0.6%) on the previous month. Of course that is dwarfed by the steady increase in previous [...]
Unemployment continues to rise
As unemployment nationally rises to 2.47 million people the effects of the small dip in Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claims in Wandsworth has been more than lost with subsequent rises. In August there were 6,716 people claiming JSA in Wandsworth, an increase of 219 (or 3.4%) on the previous month and up 2,754 (or 69.5%) on [...]
Unemployment claims back up in Wandsworth
After last month’s small drop in Jobseekers Allowance claims the number rose again in July. However, the rise was small, and I will – again – say there is a lot to be positive about in Wandsworth. However, we cannot buck the trend entirely, so it was hoping a bit too much that we’d see [...]
Wandsworth unemployment claims drop – a bit
The number of claims for Jobseekers’ Allowance in Wandsworth dropped, very marginally, in June. Given that the national news is reporting a record rise in unemployment, the fact we’ve had a small drop in claims has to be good news. The fall was small, just 82, and there are caveats (these are people claiming benefit, [...]
