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South East employment at record high

Employment in the South East is at 77.2% - a record high for the region, according to the latest report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The South East follows the South West (77.8%) with the highest employment in Great Britain, as the region saw a 0.7% increase in Q1 compared to 2014.

There was an increase of 40,000 of workforce jobs in the South East - the largest increase across the country.

London has the lowest number of jobs in the production sector, at 2.9%, and the highest number of positions in the service sector, at 91.8%.

The South East has the least job seekers claimants, at just 1.3%.

The newly-appointed Work and Pensions Minister, Priti Patel, told the BBC: “This is a testament to our long-term economic plan, the work the government has been doing with our focus on job creation, creating the right economic conditions for businesses to expand and grow so they can employ people again, so this is very welcome news today,”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .