Well now. Here’s an interesting ranking of countries according to how generous their unemployment benefit is for the first year after workers have lost their jobs.
Quite contrary to the spin we constantly receive from the mainstream press et al about how generous the UK is with unemployment benefits, the fact is we actually rank lower in generosity than countries like Romania, Albania and even the US.
Here’s the ranking – with the most generous countries at the top (you have to go right to the bottom to find the UK):
www.dorseteye.com/north/articles/uk-unemployment-benefit-less-generous-than-romania-albania-and-the-us
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UK unemployment benefit less generous than Romania, Albania and the US
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ttosca · 02/03/2014 11:25
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