In parts of the UK, unemployment rates remain high, impacting many aspects of life for residents. Today, we're in Hodge Hill to hear directly from locals on how widespread joblessness affects their lives and what changes they believe could improve the situation.
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00:00Hodge Hill, overall, I'm a resident of Hodge Hill. I don't think it's a big issue here.
00:06Most people are well-to-do, but you do have small pockets of people who are unemployed.
00:12I think, again, it's down to the current climate. There is a lot of, you know, with the living
00:16crisis, costs have gone up. Again, I think the government should, or at least the local
00:22authorities should, you know, with the energy companies and people like that, should be,
00:28you know, put to, you know, stand, you know, really, they should be reducing living costs
00:33overall.
00:34Well, actually, I'm quite surprised. Like you said, it's sort of a high unemployment
00:40in Hodge Hill. If you look around, there's actually some really, really decent areas.
00:46So the houses, you can say, are actually quite expensive. What would opportunities? Well,
00:56I think Hodge Hill is a very, very, can be a very affluent area. We've got a decent
01:04hospital down the road. It is struggling, but we have got decent hospitals. And I think
01:09it's just simply a bit more investment into the businesses. I think that would probably
01:14help.
01:15In Hodge Hill, it depends on the work ethic. If they're not ready to work, and all their
01:19families and their family might be on benefits, they know no better. So we start sending children
01:25to see their parents having a job like I do. My parents always worked. So we've always
01:29been instilled in my family, you've got to have a job.
01:32Well, I weren't aware of what you just said in the first place. It's quite surprised me.
01:37I thought Hodge Hill was quite an affluent area. I thought the unemployment was quite
01:43low in the area. But I don't know, they lost the car factory, didn't they? And they lost
01:51Castle Bromwich, Daff. I suppose it needs more industrial input to get jobs going again.