Jobless total falls again

Unemployment in Scotland is down again.

It fell by 3000 to 195,000 between October and December last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Scotland's jobless rate is now 7.1 percent - below the UK average of 7.2 percent. Employment has risen by 9000 in Scotland in the three month period. It now stands at 2,556,000.

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