Its worth more than cash

The announcement that 58.000 people don’t have jobs in Edinburgh sounds dramatic until you look at the vacancy figures, which tell you that there are still many more vacancies than those looking for work. Unemployment is still at historically low levels and 50,000 new jobs were created under Labour in the ten years from 1997-2007. Unemployment in Craigmillar is still lower than it was in Morningside in the early 1990s. Many of these 58,000 folk look after children or elderly relatives or doing voluntary work, all of which all makes a huge contribution to the well being of our city. What is of value in human living cannot always be counted in pounds and pence.