Unemployment has increased but wages rise
Economic figures this week showed an unexpected rise in unemployment, but also an increase in average weekly earnings and signs that productivity growth is going up.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell endorsed a report by the think-tank Class, led by Faiza Shaheen, who debated productivity and the UK job market with Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, an aide to Philip Hammond.
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