Unemployment: Figures at a glance, U.K

Unemployment has fallen but the number of people working part-time because they could not find full-time jobs has reached a record high.

The number of people in jobs in the three months to June rose by 201,000 to reach 29.48m.

Unemployment fell by 46,000 to 2.56m, with the jobless rate dipping 0.2 percentage points to 8.0pc

Employers created 130,000 full-time jobs over the period, to reach 21.41m

There were 9.10m economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 117,000 on the quarter.

Total pay (including bonuses) rose by 1.6pc on a year earlier, up 0.1 on the three months to May 2012. Regular pay (excluding bonuses) rose by 1.8 pc on a year earlier, unchanged on the three months to May 2012.

The number of people in part-time jobs because they could not find full-time work increased by 16,000 to a record high of 1.42m in the three months to June.

The number of people trapped in long-term unemployment - for a year or more - rose by 1,000 to 882,000 over the quarter. Those out of work for two years or more fell by 4,000 to 422,000 in the three months to June.

Youth unemployment remained stubbornly above the 1m mark, at 1.01m.

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