UNEMPLOYMENT figures for Wiltshire rose to 4,948 last month, an increase of 3.8 per cent on July.
Figures for Warminster and Trowbridge are 826 up from 797 in July, and Chippenham 568 from 539.
Nationally, unemployment fell to its lowest levels for nearly 27 years with The Office for National Statistics recording the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in August as 943,300.
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