Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay has today welcomed the drop in Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in the constituency, a fall of more than 50% since 2010.
Commenting Steve said,
“The number of people claiming JSA in our constituency has now more than halved since 2010, a fall of 52% from 1815 claimants in 2010 to just 879 in 2015, also 409 less than at this time last year.
I welcome this fall but there is much more to do. Apart from improving the employment rate in mid-Cornwall I also want to make these jobs better paid, and this can only be accomplished by working with colleagues and employers, both here in Cornwall and in Westminster to ensure the area attracts jobs its fair share of well paid, high skilled jobs as well as those that have traditionally formed the foundation of our economy.”