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Not the BBC, but an express article (yeah, I know, I know....). But unionists seem to be getting their knickers in a twist over the unemployment figures in Scotland. - https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...-Brexit-latest

The article states: "The unemployment rate in Scotland is now 4 percent, compared with 3.8 percent for the UK as a whole."

What it omits to mention is that the unemployment rate in the North East of England is actually 5.9% - https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news...hoZPuM_5PCuGjg

Growing evidence that Brexit is going to hurt the North far harder, regardless of whether it's in Scotland or the North of England. But that doesn't suit the expresses pro-brexit narrative of course.
I'm not willing to open the Express link due to the amount of cookie permission it requires, but the numbers appear to be fact (so what's the beef) and we don't like it when others compare Scotland to a region so it's probably for the best were don't do likewise. Even the 4% figure for Scotland probably has a swing from 3-5% around the country,,,, maybe even more?!?