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Jobless rate falls on more part-timers
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September 16, 2010, Thursday
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BRITAIN'S unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point to 7.8 percent in the three months to July as more than a quarter of a million people joined the work force, official figures showed yesterday.
The Office for National Statistics said total unemployment fell by 8,000 people between May and July to 2.47 million.
The office said 286,000 more people had jobs than in the previous quarter, bringing the number of workers in Britain to 29.16 million.
The rise was driven largely by part-time jobs - around 60 percent of the new jobs were part-time.
The data yesterday weren't all good news though.
A separate measure of unemployment actually increased during August. The office said the number of people claiming the jobseeker's allowance rose by 2,300 in August to 1.47 million.
That was the first rise since January and may stoke fears the economic recovery may be running out of steam.
The Office for National Statistics said total unemployment fell by 8,000 people between May and July to 2.47 million.
The office said 286,000 more people had jobs than in the previous quarter, bringing the number of workers in Britain to 29.16 million.
The rise was driven largely by part-time jobs - around 60 percent of the new jobs were part-time.
The data yesterday weren't all good news though.
A separate measure of unemployment actually increased during August. The office said the number of people claiming the jobseeker's allowance rose by 2,300 in August to 1.47 million.
That was the first rise since January and may stoke fears the economic recovery may be running out of steam.
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