Unemployment at lowest in 42 years

Unemployment fell again in the three months to August, keeping joblessness at its joint-lowest level in 42 years. There are 1.44million out of work, the lowest absolute number since 2005. The rate of 4.3 per cent is the joint lowest since 1975. Overall employment rose to 32.1million, though it is down compared with the overlapping three-month period to July. An extra 94,000 people were in work at the end of the three-month period.

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