Chloe Smith MP has welcomed new figures today showing 265,000 more people in work across the East since the last Labour Government and a record level of employment across the UK as a whole – with over 2.2 million more people enjoying the security of a job than in 2010.

Chloe Smith MP has welcomed new figures showing 1,460 new apprenticeships were started by people in Norwich last year. In total 7,160 new apprenticeships have been started in Norwich since 2010 – meaning more young people getting the skills they need for a successful and secure future.

New figures released today that show the number of people in Norwich claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance fell by 2,614 - a 57% per cent drop – since 2010.

Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, has been getting young people’s reactions to the Chancellor’s speech on the economy.

On Thursday 24th September, Chloe attended NANSA’s (Norfolk and Norwich Scope Association) Annual Meeting and Year Of Celebration.

City College Norwich & KLM UK Engineering have recently joined forces to deliver an Aviation Engineering Course as part of the Norwich InternationalAviation Academy, which has recently gained government funding through the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.

Chloe Smith was pleased to welcome Treasury Minister, Priti Patel, to Norwich yesterday to visit MKM Norwich Building Supplies.

Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Norwich North, Chloe Smith has welcomed a new manifesto commitment by the Conservatives to extend the Right to Buy to the tenants of housing association properties.

Lisa Townsend and Chloe Smith have welcomed the news that dozens of businesses in Norwich have been given the start-up boost they needed from the government.

Norwich has been the launch pad for the new Conservative poster, signalling the starting gun on a crucial election.  Unveiling the poster in Mousehold, Conservatives including Norwich North MP Chloe Smith and Norwich South candidate Lisa Townsend, warned that straying from the path of a stronger economy would be a disaster for Norwich.