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UK unemployment fell 26,000 in the three months to May this year to 2.45 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (the Claimant count) in June rose by 24,500 to 1.52 million.

Note: In August 2010 the ONS revised the way it calculates claimant count figures as a result of changes in the state pension age for women. Included in the July figures for the first time are women aged 60-64 who are out of work and claiming unemployment benefit. The result of this change has caused an approximately 0.2-0.3 percentage point difference in the rates.

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