Putney is working
Every month the House of Commons Library publishes the unemployment rate for every constituency in the United Kingdom. The latest report is for May of this year.
Putney has an overall unemployment rate of just 2.3%: just over 1,000 residents were claiming job seekers' allowance. That's a very low figure - far lower than when Labour was first elected in 1997. In April 1997, the month before the general election, Putney had almost 2,600 jobless: unemployment has fallen by almost 60% with Labour.
Another example of how Putney is working with Labour is the number of VAT-registered businesses in the borough. In 1997, the number of such businesses was 7,800. A decade later the number is 10,265 - an increase of 2,465.
Of course these are just statistics, but behind them are real people building careers and futures for their families. Strong economic management is the foundation upon which everything else we value in our country is founded: investment in public services, better opportunities in life, stronger families, better health, greater affluence, social mobility and higher school standards - all these things become achievable when the country is thriving.
Putney has an overall unemployment rate of just 2.3%: just over 1,000 residents were claiming job seekers' allowance. That's a very low figure - far lower than when Labour was first elected in 1997. In April 1997, the month before the general election, Putney had almost 2,600 jobless: unemployment has fallen by almost 60% with Labour.
Another example of how Putney is working with Labour is the number of VAT-registered businesses in the borough. In 1997, the number of such businesses was 7,800. A decade later the number is 10,265 - an increase of 2,465.
Of course these are just statistics, but behind them are real people building careers and futures for their families. Strong economic management is the foundation upon which everything else we value in our country is founded: investment in public services, better opportunities in life, stronger families, better health, greater affluence, social mobility and higher school standards - all these things become achievable when the country is thriving.
posted by Stuart King at
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