{"id":79731,"date":"2017-03-15T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6c61672edd7cd0a5fdb431554e6250e7"},"modified":"2017-03-15T11:51:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:51:45","slug":"press-release-unemployment-rate-falls-to-lowest-since-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79731","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Unemployment rate falls to lowest since 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated:<\/em> Clarified the figures for people on Universal Credit.<\/p>\n

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS<\/abbr>) has confirmed that employment continues to run at a record high rate of 74.6%, with 31.85 million people in work \u2013 an increase of 315,000 on the year and more than 2.8 million since 2010.<\/p>\n

The rise in employment continues to be driven by full-time work. Meanwhile, average weekly wages grew by 2.2% over the last year.<\/p>\n

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Minister for Employment, Damian Hinds said:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m delighted by another set of record-breaking figures showing more people in work than ever before and unemployment falling to its lowest in 12 years.<\/p>\n

Employment is up, wages are up and there are more people working full time. This is good news for hardworking families across the UK as we continue to build a country that works for everyone.<\/p>\n

But we have more to do, which is why we\u2019re pressing ahead with our welfare reforms to ensure that it always pays to be in work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today\u2019s figures also show:<\/p>\n