Latest figures see jobless total fall

Unemployment in Oldham has fallen by 38 in the past month..

There were 2,554 claimants in the borough in April - 1,534 men and 1,020 women - compared with 2,592 in March.

But overall figures for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit remained around the same, with 4,662 in March and 4,664 in April, though this was 998 fewer than April 2014.

In the North-West as a whole, unemployment fell by 28,000 to 201,000 from January to March.