Labour's jobs crunch ahead of Budget: Vacancies slump to 12-year low outside Covid despite unemployment easing - with firms blaming tax raids and minimum wage hikes
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The UK unemployment rate for people aged 16 years and over was estimated at 4.7 per cent in June to August 2026, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today.
This is down by 0.1 percentage points on both the year and the latest quarter.
The ONS added that UK average regular earnings growth rose to 3.7 per cent in the three months to August and was 0.8 per cent higher after taking Consumer Prices Index inflation into account.
It comes just over a week before Chancellor John Healey Budget delivers the next Budget on October 28.
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ONS data shows the UK unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted
The UK average regular earnings growth rate as a three-month average, seasonally adjusted
PM Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey at the Labour Party conference last month
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