Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove and Portslade accompanied Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith on his visit to the Job Centre in Boundary Road, Hove yesterday.
The Work and Pensions Secretary thanked staff for their efforts in helping get local people back to work. Latest figures show the jobless total in Hove and Portslade is down by 26% since the government came to power in 2010.
He spoke with the Job Centre’s team led by Grahame Widdowson and Tim Smith, who told the Secretary of State of their success in tackling youth unemployment in the area.
Tim said: ‘The reduction in the 18-24 jobseekers claimant count has been a great success story and is now below the low levels reached prior to the recession”.
Duncan-Smith said: “The reduction of 26% in unemployment in Hove and Portslade shows that our economic plan is working. Our reforms to welfare make sure that it will always pay to work.”
Mike Weatherley added: ‘This government has taken the tough decisions needed to get the economy back on track. This is clear when you consider that unemployment is down in Hove by over a quarter since the election and the fantastic success in Hove of reducing the youth claimant count.”
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