Latest Labour Market Statistics released from the Office of National Statistics:

Working age employment rate - 72.0%
Down 0.3% from the previous quarter (a decrease of 76,000 people over the quarter).

Unemployment rate - 8.0%
Up 0.2% from the previous quarter (an increase of 53,000 people over the quarter).

Claimant Count - 1.517 million
Down 27,100 from the previous month.

Vacancies - 475,000
Down 6,000 from the previous quarter.

Earnings annual growth rate (inc. bonuses) - 5.1%
Down from 5.8% in the previous period.
  
Earnings annual growth rate (exc. bonuses) - 2.2%
Up from 1.7% in the previous period.

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