17 September 2012

Good news on jobs

Headlines from the latest UK labour market data (released by the Office for National Statistics and covering the three months to July) continue the positive trends of recent months: more people were in work, there were slightly fewer unemployed and, whilst net unemployment among the young rose over the period, the number in employment rose by 58,000.The figures show that 29.56 million people aged 16 and over were in employment in the UK, up 236,000 on the quarter.  2.59 million people were unemployed – down by 7,000 and representing 8.1% of the economically active population... read more

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