Up to 40 people are chasing every job vacancy in some parts of the country, the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has claimed.

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Unison's figures are based information from the Office for National Statistics on the number of Job Seekers' Allowance claimants per unfilled job centre vacancy in each of the region's council and unitary authority areas.

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That effect is greatly reduced now when we have over four job seekers for every vacancy.

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These top markets for 2012 construction tend to have strong job growth and low vacancy rates, and they suffered relatively little during the housing bust.

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Hull is the worst city in England in which to secure a job with up to 83 people chasing each vacancy, new figures suggest.

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"If the Middlesbrough job comes my way it will be because there's a vacancy and it's right for me, " Mowbray added.

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Bob Woolmer has openly declared his interest in the job after the World Cup, but Welshman Morgan suggested there would be no vacancy until Fletcher decided to walk himself.

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