Chancellor hails West Midlands for boosting youth employment

THERE was more encouraging news for unemployment – where the Chancellor cited the West Midlands for having the highest rate of youth employment in the country.

Mr Osborne predicted that one million more jobs would be added to the economy in the coming year, with the lowest proportion of people on out-of-work benefits since 1974.

Despite cuts to public spending, Mr Osborne said the disability budget would rise by £1bn under this Government.

The Chancellor also set out action in the red book to... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...