Article: 21 applicants for every job... ; Job seekers are outnumbering vacancies advertised in job centres by 21 to one in North East Lincolnshire - double the regional average.

Job seekers are outnumbering vacancies advertised in job centres by 21 to one in North East Lincolnshire - double the regional average.

It leaves the Grimsby-area behind only Hull - a city that has been hit by the collapse of the caravan manufacturing industry - in the whole of the Yorkshire and Humber area.

The analysis of official statistics has come from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and is published today.

Using the latest unemployment statistics for January 2009, the TUC has worked out the number of jobseeker allowance (JSA) claimants per job centre-advertised vacancy in every local authority area in the UK.

On average, there are 10 claimants for every job centre vacancy in Yorkshire ...

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