Unemployment and bankruptcy take their toll - alarming 15% rise in suicides

Cases of suicide have rocketed since Britain plunged into recession, alarming new figures reveal.

Coroners courts concluded that 3,471 people had taken their own lives last year, a rise of 15 per cent compared to 2007.

However, right across the country, from the south west to Sunderland, local hotspots have seen numbers more than double.

And even in more affluent London and the Home Counties, large swathes of the region have seen suicide verdicts soar by more than 50 per cent.

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Eurozone unemployment jumps to 15-year high

The eurozone unemployment rate hit a record high level in March, jumping to 10.9 percent for the first time for 15 years, official figures showed on Wednesday.

Almost 17.37 million men and women looked for work in the single currency area in March, or 169,000 more than in February, according to Eurostat data agency. The 10.9 percent rate equaled an April 1997 record.

The unemployment rate had reached 10.8 percent in February, with the eurozone widely expected to have dipped back into recession as it battles a festering debt crisis.

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U.S. Economy Adds More Than 200,000 Jobs In February

It's not hitting home runs or anything, but the job market is starting to put together a hitting streak of solid singles and doubles.

The economy clocked in a third straight month of decent job growth in February, keeping unemployment steady, the government said Friday.

It was not exactly the spectacular report many on Wall Street were drooling for. And there is still a long way to go to close the gap in what has been the slowest job-market recovery since World War II.

You will not hear loud cheering from the 12.8 million people still unemployed today, up from less than 7 million before the recession began in 2007. Payrolls are still down by 5 million jobs from their peak.

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Demand for Foreign Workers leaves Briton's Youth Jobless

Full Story: Mail Online 17 Nov

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Briton's youth are facing a unique dilemma - the business leaders are preferring foreign workers over them, leaving almost a million jobless. On the other hand, there is a sharp rise in the demand of foreign workers, which has risen to almost 181,000 in a year or addition of almost 500 workers per day.

The present employment rate is highest since 1994, despite government's incentives to firms to hire local apprentices.

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