Boost as jobless hit record low.THE Scottish jobless job·less adj. 1. Having no job. 2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs. n. (used with a pl. verb) Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the. total has fallen to a new low. The number claiming jobseekers' allowance decreased last month by 1700 to 76,200. The number in work rose by 25,000 to a high of 2.54million over the last three months - a record employment rate of 76.7 per cent. This topped the rate for the rest of the UK and most EU countries. Scottish Secretary Des Browne said: "This is an exceptional set of results reflecting the strong performance of the Scottish labour market." |
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