MORE than 200,000 out-of-work builders are chasing just 300 jobs, shocking new figures reveal.
The desperate scramble for work exposes the scale of the crisis in Britain's battered construction industry. Official figures show there are currently 210,260 people on the dole and looking for construction jobs. But the official JobcentrePlus website lists just 302 construction vacancies across the WHOLE of Britain.The huge gulf between the number of jobseekers and posts available is exposed today by the Liberal Democrats.
They said the problem has been fuelled by the collapse of hundreds of building firms. A total of 2,702 companies went bust in 2008, according to the most recent figures. This was up from 1,944 in 2007 - a 40 per cent rise in a single year.
Lib Dem communities spokeswoman Julia Goldsworthy said: "This Government has done little to help the construction industry in recent years.
"Gordon Brown bailed out the banks but seems to have forgotten about the small businesses that have been hard hit in this sector.
"We don't yet know the situation for last year and 2010 could paint an even bleaker picture."
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Poor British people. They are going to get crapped on worse than us, and before us. Like standing on the beach with a tsunami coming. We are up in the sand just a little farther away under an umbrella eating a greasy meal and soda pop.
ReplyDeleteIt is a global economic collapse, only thing is, the USA is the only modernised country that only gives you six months of unemployment (the extensions are mostly a scam). Most European countries take care of their own. Here in the USA, you're on your own once those benefits run out. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteWell it could be worse. You could live in India. They have nothing for you at all. If you are too sick to work just go ahead and die. Then the commuters will step over your body on the way to work.
ReplyDeleteThe nighmare scenarios we all have been warned about will happen soon it seems, Im up in Canada theres allot of wilderness to disappear into if one has to..
ReplyDeleteIn teh US, if you get sick and eligible for social security benefits, iy will take you years for help. Its a scam, we've all been scammmed. We are no better than anyone. Just better PR and media control.
ReplyDeletehit the nail on the head 6.01 , in 20 minutes i can be in wilderness heaven shooting partridge for a living heheh , people need to learn basic repair and living off the land skills if we are to rebuild this consumer retard societey , like man most people cant even change a spark plug on their car , nor repair a tire
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