What Was Unemployment Like In Liverpool?
Labour Market headline indicators Variable Liverpool position Great Britain Unemployment rate (model based) 4.5% 4.1% Economic inactivity rate 22.4% 21.5% Claimant count 18,960 1,501,530 Claimant count rate 5.6% 3.7% What was unemployment like in Liverpool during the 1980s? By 1985, unemployment in Liverpool exceeded 20%, around double the national average. About this time the scourge …