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The Office for National Statistics said average regular pay surged to 5.9 per cent in the three months to December

But the jobs market continued to soften with nearly 50,000 more people looking for work and the unemployment rate rising by 0.1% to 4.4%.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as plans to restructure Thames Water are approved by a High Court judge

Unemployment rate unchanged in three months to December, while vacancies increased in January

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Incorrect growth figures, and an incorrect claim that the UK is in a recession, were shared in an online post.

The gap between male and female life expectancy at birth has fallen from 4.4 years in 1981 to 3.4 years in 2023.

The life expectancy gender gap is closing

THE UK economy unexpectedly eked out growth in the final three months of last year – but a key measure showed living standards actually fell,…

Gross domestic product expanded 0.1 percent in the October-December period after zero growth in the third quarter of 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.