Unemployment falls by 82,000
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, official figures showed today.
Unemployment falls below 82,000
Unemployment figures have defied conventional wisdom about the economy.
The latest numbers show the biggest quarterly fall for more than a decade. Within that was a fall in youth unemployment too.
Business Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports:
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