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British unempoyment rate stands at 5.6 pct in Q2: ONS

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

In the three months to June 2015, Britain saw 1.85 million unemployed people, 25,000 more than the first three months in 2015, though 221,000 fewer than a year earlier, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Wednesday.

British unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in the second quarter of 2015, little changed compared with the first quarter this year, but lower than the 6.3 percent in the same period a year earlier, data showed.

The jobless total had also increased in the three-month to May, and it is the first time in two years that there have been two consecutive rises. The unemployment rate is in line with the market estimation consensus.

The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 over the same period was 73.4 percent, little changed when compared with the first quarter of 2015, figures showed.

In the same period, British employees' total pay including bonuses increased by 2.4 percent and by 2.8 percent excluding bonuses, noted ONS.

Claims for unemployment benefit, however, fell by 4,900 to a total of 792,400 in July 2015 from the previous month. Compared with a year earlier, it was down by 217,700, data also showed. Endit