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    Number of working at an all time high

    The number of people in work has reached a record high of almost 30 million after a new fall in unemployment.
    Just under 2.5 million people were out of work in the three months to August, down by 18,000 on the previous three months, while figures showed the biggest monthly fall in jobseeker's allowance claimants for 16 years.


    The so-called claimant count has now been cut for 11 consecutive months after September's fall of 41,700 to 1.35 million.
    Employment rose by 155,000 to 29.87 million, the biggest total ever recorded, giving a rate of 71.7%.
    People classed as economically inactive also fell, by 83,000 to 8.95 million, while job vacancies rose by 6,000 over the latest quarter to 541,000, the highest for five years.

    But today's data from the Office for National Statistics also showed that 1.45 million people were working part-time because they could not find full-time jobs, the highest figure since records began in 1992.
    Average earnings growth fell back from 1.2% to 0.7% for the year to August compared to the previous month.
    Average weekly earnings in private firms increased by 1.1%, but the annual growth rate in the public sector slumped to minus 0.5%, the lowest since 2001.


    Fewer people on high pay and more workers on lower pay in the public sector could be behind the figure.
    The latest figures showed a 69,000 increase in male full-time employment and 21,000 increase in part-time employment, while the number of women in part-time jobs fell by 13,000 compared with a 79,000 rise in full-time female employment.
    There were 958,000 unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds in the latest three months, down by 1,000 over the quarter.


    More than 1.1 million people have been unemployed for up to six months, down 32,000, but those out of work for between six months and a year rose by 29,000 to 446,000.
    The number of people out of work for over a year fell by 15,000 to 900,000.


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    But today's data from the Office for National Statistics also showed that 1.45 million people were working part-time because they could not find full-time jobs, the highest figure since records began in 1992.
    but I worry about these

    There were 958,000 unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds in the latest three months, down by 1,000 over the quarter.


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    the rate was 74% under the last labour gov
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