''One in 10 Scots ‘to be jobless’ by end of year''

"ONE IN ten working-age people in Scotland will be on the dole by the end of the year, according to a major new report painting a bleak two years ahead for families across the country.

Amid further evidence of the weakness in the economy, Strathclyde University’s Fraser of Allander Institute has markedly revised upwards its estimates on unemployment this year, saying it expects 265,250 people to be searching for a job by the end of 2012."

from the scotsman...