North East Herts MP Oliver Heald has welcomed a fall in unemployment figures in his constituency in comparison to the same period last year. The figures released by the Office of National Statistics this week show that the number of unemployed claimants in North East Hertfordshire constituency in January 2014 was 1,015. For the same month last year the number of claimants was 423 higher.
Commenting Heald said “This year on year drop in unemployment claimants is very encouraging; long may it continue.”