18/12/2013

UK Unemployment At Four Year Low

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) UK unemployment fell by 99,000 in the three months to October.

The UK's unemployment rate now stands at 7.4%, with 2.39 million people out of work.

The unemployment rate is at its lowest since April 2009.

It is understood that the new rate has come in lower that analysts had predicted.

Other date revealed by the ONS includes the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance now stands at 1.27 million, falling 36,700.

(MH/CD)

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