UK unemployment rate falls in pre-Budget boost for Chancellor John Healey
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- The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.9% in the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics saidS1
- Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe government should not be complacent about the state of the labour market ahead of next week’s budget, warns Ben Harrison, director of the Work Foundation at Lancaster University:Harrison explains:Th...S2
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UK unemployment rate falls in pre-Budget boost for Chancellor John Healey
The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.9% in the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics said
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe government should not be complacent about the state of the labour market ahead of next week’s budget, warns Ben Harris…
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Published Oct 20, 2026
What to know
- The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.9% in the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics saidS1
- Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe government should not be complacent about the state of the labour market ahead of next week’s budget, warns Ben Harrison, director of the Work Foundation at Lancaster University:Harrison explains:Th...S2
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