1) Long-term unemployment can be devastating.

2) Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment.

3) It has high unemployment and considerable long-term unemployment.

4) They illustrate that, at a time when long-term unemployment is spiralling, it does not pay to make mistakes.

5) Since October, long-term unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds rose by 14,100 to 209,600, the highest level since October 1987.

6) Our aim is to prevent long-term unemployment, rather than just trying to cope with it after it has occurred.

7) Rise in long-term unemployment There's been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work for more than a year.

8) Long-term unemployment among the over-50s has halved over the past four years.

9) Long-term unemployment rose in all regions compared with a year ago.

10) One can only speculate on the effect of long-term unemployment on vandalism, football hooliganism and the crime rate in general.

11) Long-term unemployment by men and the high cost of child care are among the most frequently cited reasons for the increase.

12) Its rate of long-term unemployment now is much higher than in the United States.

13) The official jobless rate conceals a surge in long-term unemployment to a postwar record.

14) Europe also needs a clear determination to avoid long-term unemployment.

15) Long-term unemployment among middle-aged professionals, who do not qualify for workfare, is on the rise, says Leong Sze Hian,[http:///long-term unemployment.html] a financial expert and blogger.

16) A rise in the number of Americans drawing long-term unemployment compensation also made a sharp economic rebound seem less likely.

17) And what about near - record unemployment, with long-term unemployment worse than at any time since the 1930 s?

18) The focus has now shifted towards the problem of long-term unemployment.

19) Mr Milburn said the new statistics also revealed a disturbing trend towards long-term unemployment.

20) The second problem is the prejudice which redundancy and long-term unemployment may create in the mind of the interviewer.

21) One brighter aspect of the unemployment figures in Shrewsbury has been the steady and sustained drop in long-term unemployment.

22) I asked Barry why he felt it important to mention his long-term unemployment in this article about leisure.

23) There was also a drop in the number of people on long term long-term unemployment assitanceassistance.

24) There was also a drop in the number of people on long term long-term unemployment assistance.

25) These include the over-50s, where the redundancy rate is at its highest and long-term unemployment has shot up to 43.7pc in the past year,() according to the ONS.

26) There was also a drop in the number of people on long-term unemployment assistance.

27) There was also a drop in the number of people on long-term unemployment assitanceassistance.

28) As a matter of fact, the US government cites "the unprecedented rise" of long-term unemployment to justify this decision.