Writing In Today's Northern Echo - Labour's Failure To Create North Eastern Jobs

I have a piece in today's Northern Echo talking about Labour's failure to create jobsin the North East of England.

I have reproduced the piece in full below:

THIS year has been yet another of Labour failure to help the economy in our region.

The recession has hit the North-East particularly badly.

Unemployment in North Durham alone is 94 per cent higher than it was in January 2008, with thousands of families left to face a difficult Christmas period because of unemployment.

Labour’s policies have failed to help create jobs. We are the only major economy still in recession, with the highest rate of youth unemployment in Europe.

On top of this, the Government has decided to punish hard-working people and place a “tax on jobs” by increasing National Insurance.

We need real action to create jobs. This means a £50bn National Loan Guarantee Scheme to get credit flowing to business again. It means creating 100,000 new apprenticeships. It means ensuring that Labour’s proposed tax on jobs is reversed.

The Labour Party has grown out of touch with local people. It is no longer offering solutions to our region’s problems and has no vision or ambition for the future.

It must make way for passionate North-Easterners, like myself, who are determined to take action to create jobs and move the region’s economy forward to a more prosperous future.

The link to the piece is here:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/letters/4822121.Labour_failure/