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Scottish Employment Growth Outpacing UK
Unemployment Falling Under SNP
The SNP has welcomed new figures from the ONS which show that Scotland’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2% to a total of 3.8% between September and November 2024.
This is while the UK’s overall unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in the same period.
That means Scotland’s growth in employment drastically outpaced the UK’s – with the number of people employed in Scotland growing by 1%, while the UK shrank by -0.1%.
The SNP Government has prioritised building Scottish enterprise through initiatives like the Small Business Bonus Scheme, which enables small and medium-sized businesses to provide employment opportunities across Scotland.
Combined with a faster GDP growth rate and productivity increasing at twice the UK rate, Scotland’s economy is outperforming the UK.
Very welcome news that unemployment in Scotland has fallen to 3.8% and is lower than the rest of the UK.
— John Swinney (@JohnSwinney) January 21, 2025
Scotland’s economy has grown faster than the rest of the UK, but we need to do more to deliver growth and progress – I will be setting out views in a speech tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/kvElr6eObv
These latest ONS figures show that the SNP Government approach to growth and support for business is working.
GRAEME
Initiatives like the Small Business Bonus Scheme are making a real impact on the number of well-paid jobs being created in Scotland.
This Scottish Government is successfully driving down unemployment, and we are seeing our economy grow while the UK stagnates under Labour mismanagement – the misguided National Insurance hike being a key example.
It is clear that, with the full powers of independence, Scotland could do so much more with its extraordinary natural and human resources.
