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UK unemployment down again but workers real wages fall

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Video. UK unemployment down again but workers real wages fall

Updated: 17/05/2017 - 14:07 GMT+2

UK unemployment was at 4.6 percent in Q1, the lowest level since 1975, but workers real earnings fell for the first time in two and a half years.

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