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17/07/2013
UK Unemployment Falls
Unemployment in the UK has fallen by some 57,000 in the three months May, new figures show.
The total figure now stands at 2.51 million, holding steady at 7.8%.
New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance in June also feel, dropping by 21,200 to 1.48 million.
The total number of people in employment now stands at 29.7 million.
Other figures show:
• youth unemployment fell by 20,000
• those unemployed for more than a year rose by 32,000, to 915,000
• those unemployed for two years rose to 460,000
• the "economically inactive" reached 9.04 million, up by 87,000
Unemployment is currently 72,000 than it was a year previous.
(MH/CD)
The total figure now stands at 2.51 million, holding steady at 7.8%.
New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance in June also feel, dropping by 21,200 to 1.48 million.
The total number of people in employment now stands at 29.7 million.
Other figures show:
• youth unemployment fell by 20,000
• those unemployed for more than a year rose by 32,000, to 915,000
• those unemployed for two years rose to 460,000
• the "economically inactive" reached 9.04 million, up by 87,000
Unemployment is currently 72,000 than it was a year previous.
(MH/CD)
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