Jobless total close to rate trigger
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Unemployment has fallen to 7.1% - within touching distance of the figure which will be used to decide whether interest rates will increase, official data have revealed.
The number of jobless people plunged by 167,000 in the quarter to November - the second biggest fall on record - to 2.32 million, the lowest for almost five years.