Jobless lowest level for a year
Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for a year. The jobless total fell by 46,000 in the quarter to June to 2.56 million giving an unemployment rate of 8%. But there were big regional variations.
Unemployment down to 2.56 million
Unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate for a year, after a big jump in the number of people in work. Most of the quarterly fall was recorded in London, suggesting a big jobs boosts from the Olympics.
- Number of people out of work fell by 46,000 to 2.56 million
- Number of people in work increased by 201,000 to almost 30 million
- Number of people seeking jobseeker's allowance decreased by 5,900 to 1.59 million
- Number of part-time workers reached a record high of 8.07 million
- Number of people working part-time, because they cannot find a full time job is 1.42 million, the highest since 1992, according to the office of national statistics
- Average earnings increased by 1.6% in the year to June, up 0.1% on the previous month
- Youth unemployment fell by 4,000 to just over one million
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