Unemployment in Winchester stays the same
THE number of jobless in the Winchester area remained exactly the same last month.
The numbers claiming jobseekers allowance in February and March was 1,045.
Across other local authority districts in Hampshire there were slight falls: Eastleigh, 1,765 to 1,750; Test Valley, 1,238 to 1,230; But in Southampton the numbers climbed from 6,145 to 6,236 and the same in Fareham, 1,366 to 1,395.
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