West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed the latest employment figures announced by the Office of National Statistics today (November 11). Harriett commented: “The latest ONS figures show that the number of people locally claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance remains at low levels. Across West Worcestershire, 461 people are claiming JSA out of 54,000 people of working age, down from 1,279 in 2010. “With full-time employees making up three quarters of the increase in employment over the past year and wages rising three per cent, it is clear that our plan for a high-employment and high-wage economy is working. “Each week I hear of local companies creating new jobs and I hope that we will continue to support the private sector to deliver more and more new vacancies, and offer as many people as possible the security of a regular pay packet.”