{"id":1316,"date":"2016-07-20T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2016-07-20T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:39:29","slug":"unemployment-in-sevenoaks-falls-to-lowest-ever-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment in Sevenoaks Falls to Lowest Ever Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1317 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unemployment-jul-16.jpg\" alt=\"unemployment jul 16\" width=\"314\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unemployment-jul-16.jpg 531w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unemployment-jul-16-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 85vw, 314px\" \/><\/a>Michael has welcomed new figures showing unemployment in Sevenoaks has fallen to its lowest recorded level.<\/p>\n<p>Figures released today show that the total number of claimants in June was just 404, equivalent to 0.9 percent of the population.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment in Sevenoaks is now 10 percent lower than at the general election last year and over 60 percent lower than in May 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Youth unemployment also fell to 65, almost 20 percent down on May last year and over 75 percent lower than it was in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: &#8220;This is great news.\u00a0 More people in Sevenoaks than ever before now have the security of a pay packet and the ability to provide for their families.\u00a0 There is always more to do but this news shows Sevenoaks is prepared for the economic challenges ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has welcomed new figures showing unemployment in Sevenoaks has fallen to its lowest recorded level. Figures released today show that the total number of claimants in June was just 404, equivalent to 0.9 percent of the population. Unemployment in Sevenoaks is now 10 percent lower than at the general election last year and over &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1316\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unemployment in Sevenoaks Falls to Lowest Ever Level&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[484,11,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}