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Originally Posted by Ossywarrior
yep that is a good start to save money but i just wonder how much power does the council have over council tax rises ? is it just there choice? as it does seem a foolish decission since there has been a 71% increase in people claiming job seekers in hyndburn ..... or say it was reported
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The figures people claiming Job seekers Allowance in Hyndburn (as of January 2009) are 1753 claiments, at the same time last year the figures were 1110. Personally I think seeing the actual figures rather rhan percentages makes more sense, becuse just seeing 71% would not tell you what it was a percentage of.
There is 3.6% of the working population of Hyndburn a
claiming Job seekers Allowance (the figure for Jan 2008 was 2.2%).
There is a report to HBC Cabinet, which is being hel next Wednesday 4 March. This is a link tot he breakdown of the figures- which shows the numbers in each ward of the borough. Unfortunately the 5 most deprived wards -Church, Spring Hill, Central, Peel, Barnfield have the highest percent unemployed, and Baxenden (which is the least deprived ward) the lowest.
This is a link to the report
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...arch_09_1_.pdf