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Sunak lauds ‘robust’ jobs market as wages lag behind inflation

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has praised the UK jobs market as “robust” following fresh employment figures. The new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of pay-rolled UK workers rose by a further 90,000 (0.3 per cent) between April and May to 29.6 million. While unemployment rate climbed from 3.7…

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