Job gain as Spain election looms

Spain posted its biggest fall in unemployment ever recorded in May as resorts hired staff ahead of a record influx of tourists, a potential boost for acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy in an election rerun in three weeks.

Unemployment has been gradually receding in Spain since a recession ended nearly three years ago, but many jobseekers are still struggling to find work, fuelling frustrations among voters.

Spain returns to the ballot box on June 26 after an inconclusive December election stripped Mr Rajoy’s centre-right People’s Party (PP) of its absolute majority.