Jobs figures: 'Record numbers of people are in work' says chancellor
The number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 160,000, between September and October, the Office for National Statistics has said.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak welcomed the news, saying unemployment had ''consistently and continuously fallen'' for nine months in a row.
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