Unemployment in the UK stays at ten-year low as earnings edge up by 1.9%

Unemployment in the UK stays at ten-year low but wage rises slow down to 1.9%
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The number of jobless fell by 60,000 in last three months of 2015, to 1.69m
Three in four people are in work - an all-time high of 31.4 million
Number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell to 760,000
Average earnings down 0.2 per cent on previous month


The unemployment rate in the UK remains at its lowest level in a decade last year, official figures revealed today.
The number of jobless fell by 60,000 to 1.69million in the last three months of 2015 - keeping the unemployment rate at 5.1 per cent.
Three in four people in the UK are in work, Office for National Statistics figures from the last three months of 2015 show.

The 74.1 per cent employment rate is an all-time high since records began in 1971, with 31.4million people in work - a rise of more than half a million in a year.
But the figures showed another slow growth in wages - average earnings increased by 1.9 per cent in the year to December - 0.2 per cent down on the previous month.


ONS statistician Nick Palmer said the 'subdued' growth in earnings was disappointing.
'While the employment rate continues to hit new highs and there are more job vacancies than ever previously recorded, earnings growth remains subdued and markedly below the recent peak of mid-2015,' he said.
Ministers were hoping to see the unemployment rate fall below 5.1 per cent and despite staying at its lowest level since 2006, today's figures will be seen as a touch disappointing.
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell by nearly 15,000 to an overall total of 760,200.
Today's figures show the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits is at its lowest level since 1975.
The employment rate of people aged 50 to 64 is also at a new record high of 70.1 per cent, although the figures do not distinguish between part-time and full-time work.
The region in the UK with the lowest rate of unemployment is the South West, where 3.7 per cent of the population are jobless.
The North East remains the region with the highest unemployment rate. The jobless total fell by just 2,000 in the last quarter of last year and 8.1 per cent of the North East are without a job.
In Scotland unemployment stands at 5.8 per cent - the same rate as Northern Ireland, which recorded no change in the total number of unemployed on the previous quarter.
In Wales, the number of jobless fell by 12,000 in three months to 5.3 per cent.
Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones said the figures showed Wales was 'continuing to outperform the UK as a whole'.
'The increase in employment, decrease in unemployment and fall in economic inactivity in Wales over the last 12 months have all been at rates of more than double those of the UK as a whole.
'Claimant count in Wales has also fallen faster than across the UK,' he said.
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said: 'February is another record-breaking month with the employment rate now at the highest it has ever been and wages continuing to grow.
'At a time when we are seeing the number of workless households at its lowest ever, this is further proof that our economic and welfare reforms are delivering more security and providing opportunities that give families the best chance in life.'

Outrage at Superbowl 50 Colonial Williamsburg ad that used footage of 9/11 attacks

'September 11 should not be used to sell anything': Outrage at Superbowl ad to promote Colonial Williamsburg that used footage of the 9/11 attacks
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ad was shown during the Superbowl
The commercial was aimed at promoting tourism at the historical attraction
It showed some of the defining moments in American history in reverse
However, the ad provoked outrage by showing clip of the 9/11 attacks
But the makers of the commercial said they stood by their minute-long ad


An ad shown during the Superbowl to promote tourism at Colonial Williamsburg has provoked outrage after using footage of the 9/11 attacks.
The commercial was shown across some areas of the U.S. including New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. and was produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
The minute-long promo for the 'living museum' showed some of the defining moments in American history in reverse such as the first flight, missions to space, suffragettes and even the inauguration of President of Barack Obama.

The voice-over, narrated by NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, asks where the American spirit first started to take shape, and answers that it was in Colonial Williamsburg.
However, one of the moments used in the ad, showed one of the towers of the World Trade Centre after it was hit by a plane.


It then shows in the reverse, one of the towers then collapsing to the ground, in the attack which killed almost 3,000.
It came as the voice-over states: 'When you reflect upon our sacrifices, our breakthroughs and yes, our heartbreaks, how is it possible that an entire country came to believe anything is possible.'

But after the commercial was broadcast during the Superbowl coverage, viewers flocked to social media branding the ad as 'shocking'.
Saturday Night Live star Taran Killam wrote: 'Did Colonial Williamsberg just show 9/11 footage in reverse? Seems a bit unearned.' (sic)
Matt Binder tweeted: 'Major superbowl commercial fail by Colonial Williamsburg. 9/11 shouldn't be used to sell anything but war.'
Michele Weisman said: 'Wow did that Colonial Williamsburg ad just show the twin towers go back up? #whatwereyouthinking #notcool'

Bob McKee wrote: 'I have never been to Colonial Williamsburg and thanks to their #superbowl50 I never will. Sept 11 should not be used to sell anything.'
While Costa Costidis added: 'Yea the terrible quality of both offenses is shocking, but not nearly as shocking as Colonial Williamsburg putting 9/11 footage in an ad.'
However, despite the the outrage, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation stood by their ad.
In a statement the Foundation's spokesman Joe Straw said: 'We understand and respect that some of the images in the ad are jarring
'However, the small data point of people who objected to some of the imagery in the ad does not represent the total viewership. Not even close.'
'All that is past is prologue. Our ad is meant to walk viewers backwards through time, challenging them to reflect on how our collective history and struggles shape who we are as Americans today. We cannot forget our sacrifices or our tragedies even as we celebrate our accomplishments.'

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