Recession hit Midlands workforce hardest

• Unemployment rate rose most sharply in regions • South-east and London spared worst of job losses Workers in the manufacturing heartland of the West Midlands faced the sharpest increase in unemployment during the recession, while London and the south-east were cushioned from the worst of the job cuts. The unemployment rate in the West Midlands shot up from a pre-recession trough of 4.5%, to 10.6% by mid-2009, according to a new analysis by the Office for National Statistics – an increase of 6.1

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