Four in every 10 Dundonians have no job, shocking new figures have revealed.
Employment in the City of Discovery has plummeted by a startling 8.1% since 2008, with the number of people in work in the city tumbling at the second fastest rate in Scotland.
The drastic drop means there are now fewer people employed in Dundee than there were 10 years ago.
Figures released by the Scottish Government reveal that just 59,500 people were employed in the city in 2013, down from 66,100 in 2008. In 2004 10 years ago 62,200 people were employed in the city.
The employment plummet in Dundee is second only to a devastating plunge in North Ayshire and is 5.5% higher than the Scottish average for the same period.
Dundee-based Labour MSP Jenny Marra is demanding answers.
“There is no good reason why our economy in Dundee should not be recovering at the same rate as the rest of Scotland,” she said. “But it is another reason that locally the council should be focusing every effort on rebuilding our economy.”
Dundee East SNP MP and Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie said that while employment numbers in Dundee “remain too low,” the Scottish Government and city council had invested heavily in bringing jobs to the city.
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