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‘You’re ghosted or told there’s a better candidate’: The suburbs where one in three adults is jobless

Parts of east Birmingham are a stark example of a national dilemma: why are so many working-age people currently out of work?

According to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics, around one in three people aged 16 to 64 are “economically inactive” – unemployed and not currently seeking work – in several communities.

Historically, suburbs such as Hodge Hill, Shard End and Castle Bromwich were built around a strong manufacturing base, but the long-term decline of factories and foundries has reshaped the local economy.


Birmingham UK is an Islamist Shithole city.

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