Nine out of ten areas across the region saw a decline in unemployment between June 2012/13 and June 2013/14, but the borough of Rochdale recorded an increase of 0.5%, according to the report

John Longworth, Director General at(BCC), has announced the UK’s unemployment rate will drop from over 6.4% in the second quarter of 2014 to 5.5% in the second quarter of 2015