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UK pay growth rises 6% despite job loss warnings after Reeves’s budget


Unemployment rate unchanged in December, while vacancies continue to fall in latest quarter

UK pay growth rose in December and unemployment remained unchanged despite warnings from business that Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget would lead to job losses.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show annual growth in total average weekly earnings rose by 6% in the three months to December, up from 5.6% in November and above a 5.9% forecast made by City economists.

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Author : Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Publish date : 2025-02-18 07:18:00

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