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- Job vacancies fell to 707,000, the lowest in over five years, ONS said.
- Unemployment stayed at 4.9% in the three months to June.
- Overall regular wage growth held at 3.5% in that period.
- Private-sector wage growth slipped to 2.8%, the weakest since Oct 2020, while public-sector growth rose to 6.1% after NHS pay awards.
- ONS director Liz McKeown said the market was “little changed overall” but noted the vacancy slide.
