Local residents have described how 'times are getting harder' in the Nottinghamshire area where unemployment is three times as high as the neighbouring area. New figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal the percentage of working age people who are unemployed in every parliamentary constituency in Great Britain.
In the Parliamentary constituency of Nottingham South, 6.4 per cent of people aged 16 and over are out of work, which is the highest rate in the county and the 40th highest of all 632 constituencies in Great Britain. However, in Rushcliffe, just 1.9 per cent of people are unemployed - creating one of the largest differences between neighbouring constituencies in the country.
In Nottingham South, which includes Lenton, Radford, The Meadows and Clifton, people were not surprised by the figures and questioned if there were enough jobs locally. Louise Kaye, 40, a cleaner from Lenton, said: “I do think there’s not enough jobs, there seems to be a lot of evening jobs instead of things in the daytime. I have to travel into the town centre as there’s definitely no jobs local to me.
