BBC POLITICS NORTH: JOBS JOBS JOBS
Everywhere I go, workers and business owners alike speak to me about the ease to which people can now get a job. While the ongoing recruitment shortfall is placing pressure on some businesses, it is also means that employment for local people is at record highs.
-Unemployment is down 
-Employee numbers are up to record levels; higher than pre-pandemic in every region. 
-Vacancies have risen to another record 
-Redundancies are at record lows 
Quite simply, our #PlanForJobs is working
