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UK unemployment rate falls to lowest level since July last year

Sky News UK · 20 October 2026 at 05:31

UK unemployment rate falls to lowest level since July last year

The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.7%, in a set of official figures that will support the case for a Bank of England interest rate hike next month.

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