MP for North East Hertfordshire, Sir Oliver Heald, has welcomed North East Hertfordshire’s unemployment figures for June 2016, which have been released by the Office for National Statistics.
The total number of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in the North East Hertfordshire constituency in June 2016 was 565. This is 68 lower than in June 2015, and 35 lower than the previous month.
Nationally, the unemployment rate has fallen to a fresh 11-year low. It is down 54,000 from the previous quarter, and wages are up 2.2%.
Commenting, Sir Oliver said, “I am glad to see that North East Hertfordshire’s economy continues to succeed. I will do all I can in Government to keep our area doing well economically.”