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- Unemployment dipped again in June-August
- UK payrolls hit record high over 29m
- Vacancies at record level
- Pay growth slowed, but still ahead of inflation
- ONS: The labour market continues to recover
In September alone, there were almost 1.2 million vacancies across the UK, the ONS says, which a record high.
This chart shows vacancies over the July-September quarter also soared to a record (at 1,102,000):
