Kent has seen a steep fall in jobless figures. While the national rise of 53,000 to 2.51m in the first three months of the year was a major worry for the incoming government, Kent and Medway again bucked the trend.

The number of people out of work and claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance fell by 1,124 to 35,722. In Medway, it dipped by 175 to 7,271 and in the rest of Kent by 949 to 28,451.

It was the second fall in a row, with the county’s jobless total dipping by 2,022 in the past two months. There were three-digit falls in the month to April 8 in Canterbury, Dover, Shepway, and Tonbridge and Malling.

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