Wages back above pre-economic crisis levels - BBC News
Average weekly wages in the UK have reached their highest levels since before the financial crisis.
Weekly pay reached £512 in the three months to December, which - adjusting for inflation - is the highest since March 2008.
Excluding bonuses, earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the three-month period, official figures show.
Employment rose by 180,000 to another record high of 32.93 million, while unemployment stayed at 1.29 million.
The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of women in employment increased again - this time by 150,000 in the three months to December to a record high of 15.61 million.
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