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UK unemployment remains at four-year-high as job vacancies shrink
Yorkshire Post
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Britain’s jobless rate remained at a four-year-high in the latest quarter as job vacancies declined again, pointing towards further “cooling in the labour market”.
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Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post.
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Britain's unemployment rate remained at a four-year high in the latest quarter.
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The ONS said the rate of UK unemployment was 4.7% in the three months to June.
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It was the same as the previous three-month period, which had been the highest level since June 2021.
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Meanwhile, average earnings growth, excluding bonuses, remained at 5% for the period of June.
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It came as UK job vacancies tumbled by 44,000 over the three months to July to 718,000,
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the lowest number of job openings since April 2021.
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