MP for North East Hertfordshire, Sir Oliver Heald, has welcomed North East Hertfordshire’s unemployment figures for January 2015, which have been released by the Office for National Statistics.
The total number of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in North East Hertfordshire constituency in January 2015 was 701, which places the constituency in the quarter of UK constituencies with the lowest unemployment rates. This is 314 lower than it was in January 2014.
Nationally, the number of people out of work in the UK fell by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the final quarter of 2014.
Commenting, Sir Oliver said, “This is more good news for the UK economy. The financial security of having a job is something that more and more people are getting under the Government’s Long-term Economic Plan. Britain must stay this course for a more prosperous future.”
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