mercredi 11 septembre 2013

UK unemployment rate drops to 7.7%

Britain is "turning a corner"



David Cameron says Britain is "turning a corner" but admits the government has "still got a long way to go" on unemployment.

The rate of unemployment in the UK dropped to 7.7% between May and July from 7.8% in the previous three months.

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has said that interest rates are unlikely to be raised before the rate falls to 7%.

The number of people unemployed fell 24,000 in the period to 2.487 million.

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