Leicestershire's dole queue shrinks
The number of people in Leicester and Leicestershire claiming Jobseekers' Allowance fell by 333 last month.
Official figures released today show there were 22,067 claimants in October, down 1.4 per cent on the previous month.
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In Leicester the figure fell by 187 to 12,641, while in the county it declined by 146 to 9,426.
There were also 1,034 less Jobcentre Plus vacancies last month, making it 9,896.
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Comments
by Peter20101
Wednesday, November 14 2012, 12:34PM
“ALLeics,
you are absolutely right as the stats do not measure unemployment
they only measure who is not being paid a benefit
Many are being targeted to come off benefits and this will make the figures look better, but the reallity is wholly diffferent always”
by Peter20101
Wednesday, November 14 2012, 12:33PM
“Good to see more people being employed!
the number though make interesting reading though
Reduction in those claiming allowance down by 1.5% in both City & County
Reduction in Jobs advertised down by 15%
the latter number is a worrying trend with 700 less vacancies advertised in the jobcentre (which is what is measured) - and yes I appreciate that jobs are advertised in many other places”
by ALLeics
Wednesday, November 14 2012, 12:22PM
“These statistics are always so misleading - they sell them as a 'give em a pat on the back for reducing unemployment' story but it says nothing of the background. My husband is an example, having recently claimed jobseekers allowance after a spate of part-time temporary jobs he's been told that he's not contributed enough NI over the last 12mths to receive any more JSA so he will now count as being 'off the dole queue' as he no longer claims - however he's not in work or claiming any other benefits so disappears from the statistics - sure there must be 1,000s in the same situation. Just think we need to be careful we've these very top line numbers!”