LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell for a second month in a row to 4.9% in the December-to-February period, most of which the country spent under a tight COVID-19 lockdown, official figures showed on Tuesday.
Most economists polled by Reuters had forecast that the unemployment rate - which has been held down by the government's huge jobs subsidies plan - would edge up to 5.1% from 5.0% in the three months to January.
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