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Jobseeker's Allowance drops across South West Wales  By
SWEPRupertH  |  Posted: December 12, 2012  Comments (0)  THE
number of people out of work and claiming Jobseeker's Allowance
fell in South West Wales from October to November.  In Swansea
the claimant count fell from 5,352 in October to 5,012 in
November.  In Neath Port Talbot the claimant count also fell in
the same period from 3,316 to 3,076.  And in Carmarthenshire the
number of people out of work and claiming Jobseeker's Allowance
fell from 3,689 in October to 3,624 in November.  The claimant
count also fell across Wales from 80,400 in October to 79,400 in
November.  The number of unemployed people in Wales fell 15,000
from 132,000 in the three months from May to July to 117,000 in
the three months from August to October.  Across the UK the
claimant count fell by 3,000 down to 1.57million while the
number of people unemployed for the three months from August to
October stood at 2.51 million, d