Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on today’s ONS UK Labour Market Statistics, said;

“While increases in employment are welcome, today’s ONS figures demonstrate that this Tory government is failing to build an economy for the whole country.

“With high regional unemployment rates, significant employment gaps for disabled people and people from an ethnic minority, and rising claimant figures, there is a real risk to the economic security of British people under this failing Tory Government. Only yesterday we heard that there are now over 7 million people working in insecure jobs.

“The country deserves better; the Government has no answers and no plan for the UK economy. Only a Labour Government will stand up for working people and build a fairer economy that works for all.”