Unemployment statistics - no comments

Via the Greater Manchester Fabian Society's blog, here's a breakdown of (claimant count) unemployment statistics by parliamentary constituency, with figures for July 1997, 2006, and 2007, as well as a split between men and women. Unfortunately, being a PDF, it's nigh-on impossible to extract and crunch any of the figures, but you might find it interesting to look at.

I note that the five highest unemployment rates in the UK are: 10.4%, 11.4%, 11.4%, 14.3%, and a ridiculously high 19.0% (24.5% among men) in Clare Short's Birmingham Ladywood. All are in England, with no fewer than three in Birmingham. Make of that what you will.