Cuts Put 116,000 Jobs in Jeopardy ; Rural Areas Will Be Hardest Hit Postcode Lottery in Recession Resilience

Summary

---

Savage spending cuts will see up to 116,000 job losses in the South West and wipe Pounds 4.2 billion from the economy, new research revealed yesterday.

A report from the South West Regional Development Agency found rural areas such as Taunton Deane and West Dorset will be hard hit.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Cuts Put 116,000 Jobs in Jeopardy ; Rural Areas Will Be Hardest Hit Postcode Lottery in Recession Resilience

And separate research commissioned by the BBC revealed a worrying postcode lottery in the ability of different parts of the West to withstand cuts.

While leafy Cotswold is ranked 21st out of England's 324 councils for its r...

See the full content of this document

---