UNEMPLOYMENT throughout the borough has shown another fall.
Figures for November put the borough's total claimant count at 1,863, down 14 on the previous month. The latest statistics comprise 1,375 men and 488 women.
November's overall unemployment rate now stands at 2.5 per cent, down from October's figure of 2.6 per cent.
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