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16 October 2014

Largest fall in unemployment since records began

Unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began over 40 years ago. The number of unemployed people is now below 2 million for the first time since 2008, figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The number of unemployed people in the East Midlands fell by a further 5,000 in the three months to August. It means the region now has an unemployment rate of 5.5% – half a percentage point lower than the UK rate of 6%. There...