The number of people looking for work in Hammersmith and Fulham has fallen again .

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show there are 3,065 people claiming unemployment and universal credit in the borough, compared to 3,215 this time last year, down by 150 and representing a five per cent fall.

Kam Babrah is the partnership manager for DWP in Hammersmith and Fulham and expects to good news to continue in the future.

She said: “Within the borough we have had huge investment. We are a growing sector and there is a lot of development in Hammersmith and Fulham.

“There is the Earls Court development which will create almost 10,000 jobs and there’s the Westfield extension with the new John Lewis that is going to create almost 600 jobs by 2017.”

Across the country employment rates stand at 74.1%. The average in London is slightly lower at 72%.