LONDON, March 19: Britain’s unemployment rate slid to 5.2 per cent in the three months to January, official data showed on Wednesday.
Under the International Labour Organization measure of unemployment, the rate fell from 5.3 per cent for the three months to October.
The ILO claimant count fell by 32,000 during the three months to January to 1.61 million, which was the lowest since March 2006, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said.—AFP
