Claim: Unemployment in the West Midlands Combined Authority has risen by 25% in a year.
Fact-check: MP's claim about rising unemployment in the West Midlands is wrong - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the unemployment rate in the area decreased from 6.7% to 5.9% between 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-09-11T00:00:00