{"id":45084,"date":"2014-07-16T08:50:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e745273c4a8f6f1818c48af96a33d645"},"modified":"2014-07-16T08:50:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:50:54","slug":"press-release-welsh-secretary-responds-to-labour-market-statistics-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=45084","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Welsh Secretary responds to Labour Market Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Unemployment in Wales fell by 6,000 in the 3 months to July 2014 as fewer people claimed Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance, official figures published today (16 July) show.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterly Labour Market Statistics from the Office for National Statistics also highlighted how youth unemployment in Wales fell by 1,400 in June and by 5,800 during the year.<\/p>\n<p>The figures also showed economic inactivity was up 40,000 compared to the previous quarter.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"secretary-of-state-for-wales-stephen-crabb-said\">Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s good to see unemployment falling again in Wales. I am also particularly encouraged by the fall in youth unemployment. Getting young people onto the jobs ladder is an important objective for us.<\/p>\n<p>The figures show that there is still more work to be done, so it is essential that we stick to our long-term economic plan which is bearing real fruit now for Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">As the new Welsh Secretary I am clear that I want every part of Wales to share in this economic recovery.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the latest employment figures <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/lms\/labour-market-statistics\/july-2014\/index.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Crabb MP: &quot;It&#8217;s good to see unemployment falling again in Wales.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}