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Unemployment fell by 7,000 between June and August to 1.42 million, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This leaves the number of people in work at a record high of 28.76 million, the highest total since records began in 1971.
However, the number of people out of work and claiming benefits rose for the eighth month in a row in September.
Claimant count unemployment rose by 8,200 to 875,500.
The monthly figure was more than double than predicted by analysts, while August's rise was revised higher to 2,700 from 1,600 previously.
The figure was also 61,700 higher than at the start of the year, the ONS said.
Jobs continued to be lost in manufacturing, down 99,000 in the three months to August compared with a year earlier, reaching a record low of 3.18 million.
WTF?
The number of people out of work is falling, the number of people out of work is rising all against a continued backdrop of lost jobs.
To my mind the whole set of figures are complete bulltulip.
Unemployment fell by 7,000 between June and August to 1.42 million, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This leaves the number of people in work at a record high of 28.76 million, the highest total since records began in 1971.
However, the number of people out of work and claiming benefits rose for the eighth month in a row in September.
Claimant count unemployment rose by 8,200 to 875,500.
The monthly figure was more than double than predicted by analysts, while August's rise was revised higher to 2,700 from 1,600 previously.
The figure was also 61,700 higher than at the start of the year, the ONS said.
Jobs continued to be lost in manufacturing, down 99,000 in the three months to August compared with a year earlier, reaching a record low of 3.18 million.
WTF?
The number of people out of work is falling, the number of people out of work is rising all against a continued backdrop of lost jobs.
To my mind the whole set of figures are complete bulltulip.
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