The latest unemployment figures for Kent were out today
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The number of people unemployed in Kent has fallen
by 898 - bucking the national trend.
The total number of jobseekers fell
from 37,744 in February to 36,846 in March.
Nationally, the number of people
out of work went up to 43,000 in the three months leading up to
February this year.
It means 2.5 million are unemployed
across the country, the highest figure since the three months to
December 1994.
Medway saw the largest fall in
unemployment with 150 less jobseekers.
Their total fell for the second
month in a row, from 7,596 in February to 7,446.
Thanet saw the second largest fall,
with 122 less people looking for jobs, totalling 4,360.
It is in stark contrast to a rise
of 110 in February, the highest at that time in the county.
Canterbury's jobless total fell by
103, the third highest fall in Kent, from 2,610 to 2,507.
The fourth largest fall was in
Maidstone, from 2,679 to 2,593, a fall of 86.
Ashford was the only area of the
county which saw a modest rise in their unemployed figure. It
increased by six from 2,060 to 2,066.
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Wednesday, April 21 2010
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