NEW figures show the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Redditch has fallen by 48 per cent since 2010.
In 2010 the number of people claiming out-of-work benefits in Redditch stood at 2,369.
This has fallen by a staggering 48 per cent between May 2010 and May 2018, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
The number of people in Redditch claiming out-of-work benefits in May 2018 was 1,139.
This is 55 lower than April 2018.
The number of young people aged 18 to 24 out-of-work has also more than halved in the past five years.
Redditch MP Rachel Maclean welcomed the news.
She said: “These aren’t just numbers, these are real people who are now back in work and benefitting from a regular paypacket. With a drop of 48 per cent in Redditch’s claimant count rate, that’s more than a 1,000 people now able to provide for their families."
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