OXON: The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in the county has fallen for the first time since November.
Latest figures show 7,090 people claimed the benefit in March, a fall of 135 on the previous month.
The data also shows there were 930 fewer people signing on the dole than at the same time last year.
Nationally, there was a 7,000 fall in Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants last month, to 1.53 million.
But overall unemployment in the last quarter, including those not claiming benefit, increased by 70,000 to 2.56 million.
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