UK Jobless Rate Down to 4.4%
Unemployment in the UK fell by 57,000 in the three months to June, official figures show, bringing the jobless rate down from 4.5% to 4.4% – its lowest since 1975.
Average weekly earnings increased by 2.1% compared with a year earlier. But with the rate of inflation running at 2.6%, real earnings fell by 0.5%.
The number of people employed on zero hours contracts as their main job fell 20,000 compared to a year earlier.
