The True Scale of the Regional Problem in the UK
指出英国失业数据严重低估了失业规模及地区差异，尤其因年长和健康状况较差的工人被转移至非失业福利，导致北部传统工业区的失业问题被隐藏，而就业率数据进一步凸显了地区差距。
This article argues that the scale of unemployment in the UK, and the differences between regions, are severely understated by claimant unemployment data. It explains how unemployment becomes 'hidden', in particular by a major diversion of older and less healthy workers from unemployment-related benefits, and how this process is especially marked in the traditional industrial parts of northern Britain. The true scale of regional differences in joblessness is also underlined by employment rates in different parts of the country.