Unemployment falls, albeit unexpectedly

The three months to November saw a surprise fall in UK unemployment - its first downward movement for eighteen months.  The modest 7,000 decline took the total to 2.46m, nudging the unemployment rate down from 7.9% to 7.8% in the process.  The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance also fell, to 1.61m in December, as did...

Thursday, 21 January 2010

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Unemployment falls, albeit unexpectedly