Updated 1:45am 2 June 2012

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City Experts are hopeful that Birmingham jobless situation will improve

THE number of people out of work for every vacancy has almost halved across the West Midlands since 2009 – despite there being jobless blackspots in Birmingham.Read

Treasury committed to tackling unemployment in West Midlands

TREASURY minister Justine Greening said the government was “committed” to tackling unemployment in the Midlands during a visit to Birmingham.Read

Where are the jobs in Birmingham?

THE jobs market in Birmingham has “fundamentally changed” according to former minister of state for trade and investment Lord Digby Jones.Read

Employment - how different parts of the Midlands fare

FOR every spare job in the UK last March, there were six people who were out of work.Read

Lichfield man's fears over job market after being made redundant

FOR two years, David Morris has been processing and analysing DNA samples from crime scenes for the Solihull-based Forensic Science Service. Read

Special Investigation: The Birmingham ward where 44 people apply for every job

IT’S Birmingham’s jobs blackspot – where 44 unemployed people are chasing every vacancy.Read