Midlands plan set to create 14,000 jobs

The jobs minister has insisted the Government will deliver 14,000 new jobs in the midlands over the next five years.

Richard Bruton was speaking at the launch of a major employment strategy that sets out ambitious targets which would help wipe out the job losses suffered in the recession.

However, he warned that the plan would need to deliver for the economy as a whole and the business sector in the region in particular.