UK unemployment at lowest rate for 11 years

Britain's unemployment rate has fallen to 5%, its lowest level for eleven years.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the total number of people without jobs fell to 1.67 million from February to April - that's 20,000 fewer than the three months to January.

Our UK correspondent Martha Holeyman has more.

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