Stephen
Metcalfe MP welcomes new employment figures
Local MP Stephen Metcalfe has
today welcomed the latest employment figures that show the UK jobless rate has
nearly reached a 6 year low. The new Office of National Statistics figures show
that unemployment has seen the largest annual fall in 25 years, with 1.8
million more people now in work since the Conservatives came to Government.
Stephen Metcalfe commented:
“This is great news for people up and down the country, but it also has a
direct impact on our local community too. Since the Conservatives have been in
Government, the number of people in South Basildon and East Thurrock on
Jobseekers Allowance has fallen from 5.2% in May 2010, to a rate of now 3.1% -
that means 848 fewer people are unemployed than in July 2013 and it is
86 lower than in June 2014. It is brilliant to
see our economic plan benefiting so many local people.
Of course there is always
more to do, and we know people are still feeling the effects of Labour’s
recession, but that is why it is so important we do not abandon our plan to
continue building a strong and healthy economy so that more and more people are
given the security of employment again.”
The figures released today
directly contradict the claims made by Labour, with Ed Miliband having
predicted that the Conservative’s economic plan would “lead to the disappearance
of a million jobs”. Stephen Metcalfe remarked: “It is now more important than
ever that we recognise how Labour’s plan of high taxes, more spending and
greater borrowing, would risk everything that we have achieved so far.”
