Scotland’s unemployment rate drops slightly to 3.7%

by Crow-Me-A-River

8 comments
  1. >**Unemployment in Scotland has fallen slightly to 3.7%, according to the latest figures.**

    >The figure dropped by 0.1% between July and September, estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest.

    >The UK-wide unemployment rate [rose to 5%](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxrp7znkdlo) over the same period.

    >There were 101,000 people aged 16 and over out of work in Scotland in the latest quarter, while about 2.7m people were in employment, according to the ONS estimates.

    >The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 74.3%, which was down by 0.7% on the previous quarter.

    >The number of economically inactive people in Scotland aged between 16 and 64 was estimated to have increased to 774,000 in the latest quarter – a rise of 0.8%.

    I wonder why there is such a discrepancy UK wide compared to Scotland? Older population?

  2. More people jump on I’m too lazy to work benefits rather than unemployment maybe?

  3. Can tell that headline was written through gritted teeth. 

  4. How is it possible to take something seriously that depicts someone earning 500k a year and someone earning 15k a year as exactly the same thing…

  5. Amongst the lowest in Europe and under the UK average. Another union benefit 🇬🇧

  6. Not fucking noticing it on this end, still no full time job to show and the vacancies are drying up for me.

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