Lichfield’s MP has paid tribute to the area’s “hard work ethic” after the latest unemployment figures were published.
In December 2022 there were 1,375 claimants in the Lichfield constituency area, representing 2.4% of the population aged between 16 and 64 – below the equivalent 3.7% national level.
In the 18 to 24 age group, the figure was 3.9% locally, compared to 4.6% average across the rest of the country.
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said:
“This is a testament to the hard work ethic in our part of the Midlands and to the high skills and education acquired by local people.
“The Lichfield constituency consistently has a much lower unemployment rate than the national average.”
Michael Fabricant
