{"id":1503,"date":"2017-02-16T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2017-02-16T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:12:47","slug":"michael-welcomes-new-unemployment-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1503","title":{"rendered":"Michael Welcomes New Unemployment Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1504\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1504\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Unemployment-Jan-17.jpg\" alt=\"Unemployment Jan 17\" width=\"529\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Unemployment-Jan-17.jpg 529w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Unemployment-Jan-17-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 85vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>Michael has welcomed the news that unemployment in Sevenoaks remains at historically low levels.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/employmentandemployeetypes\/bulletins\/uklabourmarket\/feb2017\" target=\"_blank\">figures<\/a> released by the Office for National Statistics, there were 385 claimants of unemployment benefit in Sevenoaks in December. \u00a0This puts the constituency among the constituencies with the lowest unemployment rates in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The number of unemployed people has fallen by over 10% since the general election and over\u00a060% since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: &#8220;This is welcome news that shows our local economy and jobs market remain reassuringly robust. \u00a0At a time of economic uncertainty, more people than ever before\u00a0have the security of a pay packet and the ability to provide for their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has welcomed the news that unemployment in Sevenoaks remains at historically low levels. According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, there were 385 claimants of unemployment benefit in Sevenoaks in December. \u00a0This puts the constituency among the constituencies with the lowest unemployment rates in the country. The number of unemployed people &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1503\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Welcomes New Unemployment Figures&#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":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503"}],"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=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}