Unemployment figures for Kent have fallen for the third straight month.

There were 190 fewer people claiming jobseeker's allowance or universal credit in July, bringing the total to 21,210 according to the Office for National Statistics.

The hat-trick of falls comes off the back of seven consecutive months of growth.

The biggest drop was seen in Canterbury, where 75 people came off the dole queue.

There were other big drops in Ashford (down 60) and Maidstone (40), while Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling and Sevenoaks all saw drops of 20.

Thanet saw a drop of 15, but continues to have the highest unemployment figures in the county, standing at 3,995 for July.

Nationally, the jobless figures fell to the lowest figures since 1975, plunging by 65,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to June.

Productivity also was on the rise, but wage growth continues to slow.