West Dunbartonshire has one of the highest rates of residents claiming unemployment benefit in the country, new figures have shown.According to statistics published by the Department for Work and Pensions last week, the number of locals out of work and claiming the lifeline payments rocketed from 2885 in March to 4440 in April - with West Dunbartonshire’s figure of 7.8 percent of residents second only to North Ayrshire’s 7.9 percent.And with uncertainty surrounding the future of businesses throughout the country due to challenges thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic, Nora Sheridan, employer and partnership manager at Dumbarton’s JobCentre Plus was keen to reassure residents, many of whom will be forced to claim for the first time, that