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<p>The employment rate is currently at a record high of 75.8%.</p><p> </p><p>There
are currently a record 32.5 million people in work. Over the last year, employment
growth has been driven almost entirely by high skilled jobs and full-time workers.</p><p>
</p><p>Since the 2010 election we’ve seen over 3.5 million more people in employment
– equivalent to an average of over 1,000 extra people in work every single day.</p><p>
</p><p>This is alongside an unemployment rate which has not been lower since 1975,
wages growing at the fastest pace in over a decade, and 9 consecutive months of real
wage growth.</p>
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