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Disaster for Rachel Reeves as unemployment rises and wage growth slumps ahead of Budget

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Rachel Reeves was dealt a double blow on Tuesday as new unemployment and earnings growth data emerged. UK average regular earnings growth fell to 4.6% in the three months to September and was 0.8% higher after taking Consumer Prices Index inflation into account, the Office for National Statistics has said. The ONS also looked at unemployment rates in the country, and said it rose to 5% in the three months to September, from 4.8% in the three months to August.

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