100,000 more people in work
The number of people who are unemployed has fallen again and there are more people in work, according to new official statistics.
Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban, welcomed the figures from the Office for National Statistics which show that unemployment fell 49,000 this quarter to 2.51 million - 110,000 lower than this time last year.
The number of people in work has also risen by 100,000, with 29.58 million people now employed - up by over half a million compared to the same period last year.
November 16, 2012