IT could take years to get unemployment in the East Midlands back down to its pre-recession level, it is claimed.
The study by the TUC, which analysed a recent slight fall in the jobless figures, says that, even if current trends continue, it will take three years and nine months for Britain's jobless total to fall to pre-crash levels.
In the East Midlands, unemployment shot up from 5.6 per cent to 8.2 per cent between January 2008 and January 2012 and has only fallen by just over a third (0.4) of a percentage between January and July this year.