Millions
more people in Britain are without a job than shown by official
unemployment
figures,
according to a study that suggests the jobless rate should be almost
three times higher. The study found that more than 3 million people
are missing from the headline unemployment rate because they report
themselves as economically inactive to government labour force
surveys, saying that they believe no jobs are available.
It
said the true unemployment rate should rise from 4.6% to 13.2% of the
working-age population not in education. The OECD made the estimate
by creating an adjusted economic activity rate, which removes
students, pensioners, people caring for family and people with health
issues.
The
assessment raises the total number of people out of a job who could
work from the official level of 1.3 million to almost 4.5 million.
At
19.8% compared to 5.8% on official statistics, Liverpool had the
highest rate in the country, with around one in five working-age
adults not in education finding themselves out of work. Joblessness
in the city ranked just ahead of Sunderland, Dundee, Blackburn and
Birmingham.
All
the top 10 cities with the highest adjusted economic inactivity rates
were found to be outside London and the south-east, and all tended to
have weaker economies. In contrast, cities across the south-east had
much lower jobless rates, with Crawley recording the lowest adjusted
rate of just 2%. Oxford and Exeter were also below 5%.
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