The Government has welcomed new employment figures which show unemployment falling in the West Midlands - and the number in work rising.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said: “In the past, many people in our society were written off and trapped in unemployment and welfare dependency. But through our welfare reforms, we are helping people to break that cycle and get back into work.”
And Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “The continued fall in unemployment provides yet more proof that the tough decisions we have made in government have been the right ones to build a stronger economy in a fairer society.”
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Are they right?
The newest unemployment statistics show that the number of people in work in the West Midlands has risen:
Employment in the West Midlands
And they show that unemployment is falling: