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The UK unemployment rate has dropped to 6% in the three months to August – its lowest level since 2008, according to the official figures.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said...

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Sounding a more dovish note on monetary policy than he has in recent months, the governor of the Bank of England said in a rare interview with CNBC on Saturday that global weakness, lower...

U.K. consumers were the driving force behind Britain’s economic growth at the start of the year, continuing a trend after they led the recovery in 2013.

Consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in the...

Mark Carney signaled Bank of England officials are prepared to wait until next year to raise interest rates as he acknowledged that the British economy is moving closer to the point of needing...

(Reuters) - British factory output grew at its fastest pace for a calendar quarter in nearly 15 years during the first three months of 2014, official data showed on Friday, in news likely to support...

(Reuters) - The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low on Thursday, despite signs that Britain's economic recovery is picking up more speed and that house prices are rising strongly.
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•The percentage of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work (the employment rate) was 72.1%. The employment rate is up 0.3 percentage points from July to September 2013 and up 0.6 from a year...

UK Unemployment Drops To 7.1% - Bloomberg

U.K. unemployment fell more than economists forecast to the lowest in almost five years, putting it within touching distance of the 7 percent threshold at...

UK Economic Recovery Survey

(Reuters) - Britain's financial services industry is beginning to feel the benefits of economic recovery, as firms report growth in profits, business volumes and...

Bank Of England cuts Mortgage Support To Avoid Housing Bubble

(Reuters) - The Bank of England moved to head off the risk of a bubble in house prices on Thursday, making a surprise announcement...