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unemployment rate rose to 3.8% in february according to the office of national stats pay growth in the country which is a key indication held steady at 6.6%. 348,000 working days were lost in february due to industrial action which was up slightly from the previous month. andrew griffith told cnbc he was optimistic on the growth despite the uk economy could under perform. griffith told arjun that opportunity for businesses was within reach >> i'm not a forecaster. i'm encouraged by the resilience of the uk economy. so far, we avoided recession that some forecast, but my objective and rone reason it is fabulous to be here at the summit today is to get growth and how do we get growth we unleash pockets of capital and have regulatory systems to allow people to grow businesses and deliver great products to customers and harness the whether it is masses data sets or a.i. which benefits the economy economy. >> arjun joins us from the conference in london where he has been catching up with the business leaders arjun. >> reporter: good morning, julianna i have been trying to get a pulse on the

in the three months to february, the unemployment rate was 3.8%, up from 3.7 the previous quarter. the figures from the office of nationalvate sector, but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. now to the us, where prosecutors have arrested two men in new york for allegedly operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan's chinatown neighbourhood. 61—year—old lujianwang, pictured on the right, and 59—year—old chenjinping, pictured on the left, are both new york city residents, and face charges of conspiring to act as agents for china and obstruction ofjustice. earlier i spoke to a centre fellow for the study of international studies on stanford university. she focuses on chinese policy. firstly, i asked doctor arianna maestro whether she was aware of these chinese police stations operating. have a listen.— have a listen. there was a report that came _ have a listen. there was a report that came out — have a listen. there was a report that came out about _ have a listen. there was a report that came out about a _ have a listen. there was a report that came out about a year- have a listen. there was a report t

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the uk's rate of unemployment has risen and job vacancies have fallen for the ninth month in a row. data from the office for nationalee months. meanwhile job vacancies fell by 47,000 to 1.1 million in the three months to march. and pay has risen by 6.6. but it's growing more slowly than inflation, so earnings are still falling in real terms . a government real terms. a government ministers defended rishi sunak, telling gb news he doesn't think anyone doubts his integrity after a parliament's ethics watchdog launched an investigation downing street says the inquiry into the prime minister is over, claims he failed to tell mps his wife might benefit from a major measure announced in last month's budget . she holds shares month's budget. she holds shares in koru kids, a child care agency likely to gain financially from a drive to recruit more childminders number 10, says mr sunak will clarify how it was declared as a ministerial interest rather than to the commons tv , tv, online to the commons tv, tv, online radio and on tune in. this is gb news. now it's back to andrew and beth . and beth. well, you've been hearing t

office or unemployment. hear here. state of the nation starts now . of the nation starts now.ng from a particularly interesting panel, lord taylor of warwick and former labour mp simon danczuk. but as ever, i want to hear from you. it's the most important part of the show. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk. part of the show. email me mailmogg@gbnews.uk . but now it's mailmogg@gbnews.uk. but now it's time for the all important headunes time for the all important headlines with polly middlehurst . jacob thank you and good evening— . jacob thank you and good evening to— . jacob thank you and good evening to you. _ jacob thank you and good evening to you. our top story today— evening to you. our top story today on— evening to you. our top story today on eo— evening to you. our top story today on gb news president biden says— today on gb news president biden says a..— today on gb news president biden says the us— today on gb news president biden says the uk government should be working— says the uk government should be working nono— says the uk government should be working more closely w

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jobs and pay will be published by the office for national statistics this morning, and they're expected to show that wage inflation is coming down while unemploymentr the bank of england to continue raising interest rates. our economics correspondent andy verity has been looking at the construction industry, which is being hit by the rising cost of materials and labour. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it's been consistently inconsistent. one day we're super busy, we can't keep up. the next day we don't have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand designs—style renovations based near heathrow airport was struggling to cope with a surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and a shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it's difficult to meet the demand, but there's also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning like two and a half, three years ago. b

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