Unemployment dipped to 4.1 per cent in the three months to July, from 4.2 per cent in the previous period.
Fresh doubt was cast on Rachel Reeves' doom and gloom claims about the economy today as figures showed the jobs market holding firm.
'Regular pay growth has dropped to 5.1 per cent, continuing to head slowly downwards, but it still might be weeks rather than days before borrowing costs come down.' Read More Unions pile pressure on Starmer over 'cruel' winter fuel payment axing for 10 million Brits It means pensioners who reached state pension age after April 2016 can expect to see their full, flat-rate state pension go up to £11,962.60 a year from April 2025.
The ONS data also showed that regular wage growth fell to 5.1 per cent year on year over the three months to July, marking the lowest level since the quarter to July 2022. The ONS also said Britain's economy added 265,000 jobs in the three months to July, the ONS said, far more than expected by economists in the Reuters poll which had pointed to a 123,000 increase.
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