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Employment and labour market Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between May to July 2017 and August to October 2017, the number of people in work fell, the number of unemployed people also fell, and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 not working and not seeking or available to work (economically inactive) increased.
There were 32.08 million people in work, 56,000 fewer than for May to July 2017 but 325,000 more than for a year earlier.
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 75.1%, lower than for May to July 2017 (75.3%) but higher than for a year earlier (74.4%).
There were 1.43 million unemployed people (people not in work but seeking and available to work), 26,000 fewer than for May to July 2017 and 182,000 fewer than for a year earlier.
The unemployment rate (the proportion of those in work plus those unemployed, that were unemployed) was 4.3%, down from 4.8% for a year earlier and the joint lowest since 1975.
There were 8.86 million people aged from 16 to 64 who were economically inactive (not working and not seeking or available to work), 115,000 more than for May to July 2017 but 56,000 fewer than for a year earlier.
The inactivity rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were economically inactive) was 21.5%, higher than for May to July 2017 (21.2%) but lower than for a year earlier (21.7%).
Latest estimates show that average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain in nominal terms (that is, not adjusted for price inflation) increased by 2.5% including bonuses and by 2.3% excluding bonuses, compared with a year earlier.
Latest estimates show that average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain in real terms (that is, adjusted for price inflation) fell by 0.2% including bonuses, and fell by 0.4% excluding bonuses, compared with a year earlier. For the three months ending October 2017, the highest employment rate in the UK was in the South East (79.7%) and the lowest was in Northern Ireland (68.1%).
For the three months ending October 2017, the highest unemployment rate in the UK was in the North East (5.9%) and the lowest was in the South East (3.0%).
For the three months ending October 2017, the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK was in Northern Ireland (29.0%) and the lowest was in the South East (17.7%).
Between June and September 2017, the largest increase in workforce jobs in the UK was in the West Midlands at 55,000, whilst the largest decrease was in Yorkshire and The Humber at 36,000.
In September 2017, the region with the highest proportion of workforce jobs in the services sector was London at 91.2%, which has decreased by 0.7 percentage points since June 2017, whilst the East Midlands had the highest proportion of jobs in the production sector at 13.5%.
The highest average actual weekly hours worked, for the 12 months ending June 2017, was in London at 33.7 hours and the lowest was in Yorkshire and The Humber at 31.2 hours; for full-time workers, it was highest in London at 38.4 hours and for part-time workers it was highest in Northern Ireland at 16.9 hours. Total UK public sector employment in September 2017 was 5.492 million, up 19,000 on the previous quarter and up 21,000 on the previous year.
Central government employment was 3.050 million, up 29,000 on the previous quarter and 101,000 on the previous year, the highest since comparable records began in 1999.
Local government employment was down 9,000 this quarter at 2.104 million, the lowest since comparable records began in 1999.
Private sector employment was 26.588 million, down 75,000 on the previous quarter but up 304,000 on the previous year.
Of all people in work, 17.1% were employed in the public sector, an increase of 0.1 percentage points over the quarter. | 
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