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Unemployment rate falls but private sector wage growth suffers

There has been an unexpected dip in the UK's unemployment rate in official figures also showing new recruits in payrolled work at their lowest level for five years and private sector basic pay awards struggling.

Unemployment rate falls but private sector wage growth suffers
Image: Sky News Business
There has been an unexpected dip in the UK's unemployment rate in official figures also showing new recruits in payrolled work at their lowest level for five years and private sector basic pay awards struggling.

Originally published at Sky News Business

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