Number of long-term jobless is down 19pc
Number of long-term jobless is down 19pc There has been a 19.1pc fall in the number of long-term claimants on the live register since April 2016. The number of males who are long-term claimants decreased by 18,986 – or 21.7pc – in the year to April 2017, while the number of female long-term claimants decreased