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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

UK wages outstrip inflation for first time in two years

PA Wire

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt welcomed some “good news” for the economy as the latest official figures showed that UK wages are outpacing inflation for the first time in nearly two years.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that regular earnings rose by a near record 7.8 per cent in the three months to August.

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