The Need Unemployment in the inner cities is implicated in a host of major societal issues, from social exclusion and the physical and mental wellbeing of the individual through to the drug abuse and related crime. It is an issue of national, public concern.
Over the last decade, the statistics in the UK indicate a fall in the rate of unemployment. This disguises, though, the inequitable outcomes and higher levels of disadvantage in the labour market experienced by some groups. It is these groups, the most disadvantaged, many from Britain’s black and minority ethnic population, which we assist here at LEAP.
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Nationally, the employment rates for ethnic minorities are 14% lower than those for white people, with the employment rates for ethnic minority women 22% lower. The highest unemployment rates are among Pakistani, Bangladeshi and African people. |
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In London, a high proportion of those at risk of worklessness are from ethnic minorities. Indeed, low levels of employment are one of the principal reasons for the high levels of child poverty among black, Asian and minority ethnic families in the capital. |
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In London, a high proportion of those at risk of worklessness are from ethnic minorities. Indeed, low levels of employment are one of the principal reasons for the high levels of child poverty among black, Asian and minority ethnic families in the capital. |
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In Inner London, more than 40% of children from Bangladeshi and mixed white and black Caribbean households are living in workless households. |
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Most minority ethnic groups have unemployment rates well over twice as high as the white population and though they make up only 28% of London’s population, they make up 45% of the capital’s unemployed. |
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There is an indisputable “ethnic penalty” that means compared to a white person of the same age, with the same skills and qualifications and living in the same area, BAME people are more likely to be unemployed. |
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