Unemployment has fallen by 27,000 in the three months to February, with the jobs market remaining"robust", according to official figures.
The Office for National Statistics said unemployment fell to 1.34 million and the number of people in work rose to 32.7 million. ONS deputy head of labour market statistics Matt Hughes said:"The jobs market remains robust, with the number of people in work continuing to grow. "The increase over the past year is all coming from full-timers, both employees and the self-employed."
He added:"Earnings have now been growing ahead of inflation for over a year but, in real terms, wage levels have not yet returned to their pre-downturn peak."The figures showed that average earnings increased by 3.5% in the year to February, unchanged from the previous month.
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The EU experiment is truly working because Romanians are seeing better living standards and are less interested in farm work. We now have to cast the net wider and Ukrainians are apparently willing to step in. Our min wage 6 times theirs.
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