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Neil Shaw

Unemployment falls but wages drop at fastest rate since 2001

The number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 31,000 between May and June to 29.6 million, the Office for National Statistics said.

ONS head of labour market and household statistics David Freeman said: “Today’s figures continue to suggest a mixed picture for the labour market.

“The number of people in employment remains below pre-pandemic levels and, while the number of people neither working nor looking for a job is now falling, it remains well up on where it was before Covid-19 struck.

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