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More and more businesses are holding back on recruitment as the number of job vacancies fell for a fourth straight month.
While still at historically high levels, the decline in vacancies suggests the labour market has started to turn as higher interest rates and recession fears start to have an impact.
Wages grew more than expected in Britain in the three months to September as companies added workers.
The number of people in work increased once again, up 74,000 to a record 29.8 million.