Labour membership slumps to new low
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Labour's membership has slumped to a new low, with more than 20,000 disillusioned supporters deserting the party in the past 18 months, it emerged today.
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Unemployment in Germany tumbled to its lowest level in 14 years this month, as the current boom in the eurozone&#39;s biggest economy pushes up demand for labour to all-time highs, data showed on Thursday.
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UK unemployment fell by 7,000 to 1.7 million between August and October, official figures show.
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The British Labor Party is slipping in the polls as public support for the war in Iraq plummets, a Guardian/ICM poll indicates.
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The number of people claiming jobless benefits in Britain fell for the ninth month in a row in June, official data showed on Wednesday.
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Business & money: Wage growth in the public sector slows to lowest level in nine years.
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The jobless total fell by 67,000 to 1.38 million, the lowest since records began in 1984, the Office For National Statistics said.
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The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, offering a dose of encouraging news that the recovery in the labor market may be strengthening a bit.
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Unemployment in the UK fell by 61,000 in the three months to the end of December, government figures show.
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The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 29,000 between August and October to 1.39 million, the latest official figures have shown.
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The Massachusetts jobless rate last month plunged to its lowest level in more than two years, the sharpest monthly drop since 1981, the state reported yesterday.
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The number of U.S. workers claiming  an initial week of jobless claims unexpectedly fell by 8,000  last week to the lowest level in nearly four months, a  government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of people out of work in Germany fell to the lowest level in five and a half years in May thanks to the current boom in Europe&#39;s biggest economy, official data showed on Thursday.
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U.S. mortgage applications sank last week to the lowest level since the end of last year despite falling borrowing costs, an industry trade group said on Thursday.
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Mortgage approvals in the UK slumped to a record low in December according to figures published yesterday, signalling grim times ahead for the weakening property market in Britain
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The number of marriages in England and Wales has slumped to the lowest level on record, it was announced today.
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Output prices in Britain, or the cost of goods at the factory gate, fell to the lowest level since November 2001 last month, while raw material costs also slumped.