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UK unemployment ticks higher as wage growth accelerates

By Abigail Townsend

Date: Tuesday 21 Jan 2025

(Sharecast News) - UK unemployment ticked higher as vacancies shrank in the autumn, official data showed on Tuesday.
However, wage growth picked up during the same, adding to the pressures facing the Bank of England's interest rate-setting committee.

According to the Office for National Statistics, payrolled employees eased 0.1%, or...

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