The ONS have reported that UK unemployment stood at 1.85 million in the April to June period, up 25,000 from the previous quarter.
This is the second consecutive rise in unemployment, the jobless total had also risen in the three months to May.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures also indicated that earnings growth is slowing.
Earnings including bonuses rose 2.4% from a year ago, compared with 3.2% growth in the March to May period.
Excluding bonuses, pay was up 2.8% in the April to June period, unchanged from the previous figure.
Not good news for IDS whose webpages show a different picture:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions
It is all in how you spin it we guess.
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