Unemployment levels hit an all time low

Some good news for a change in regards to unemployment rates in the UK which have fallen, taking the total of jobless people to its lowest numbers in more than a year. In the three months leading to September, unemployment levels fell by 49,000, to 2.51 million. This showed a decrease of 7.9% to 7.8% in the rate of people of who are without jobs.

The Office for National Statistics said that almost all the 49,000 fall was due to a decline in youth unemployment.

You can read a full report of the findings by ONS here.