The ONS said the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.3% in the three months to September, up from 4% in the previous three months This was the highest level since the three months to May, although the ONS said the estimate should be treated with caution given ongoing low response rates to its jobs survey.
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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post and
00:06here are your headlines for this morning.
00:08The Office for National Statistics said the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.3% in the
00:17three months to September, up from 4% in the previous three months.
00:24This was the highest level since the three months to May, although the ONS said the estimate
00:29should be treated with caution given ongoing low response rates to its jobs survey.
00:36Workers on payrolls also fell, down by 5,000 between September and October to 30.4 million
00:44according to the figures.
00:46My name's Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.