• The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 30,400 between February 2014 and March 2014 to 1.14 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since November 2008.
• The unemployment rate was 6.9% in December 2013 to February 2014. The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.24 million people, down 77,000 from the previous quarter and down 320,000 from the previous year.