Little change on Live Register

There were 435,200 people signing on in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, which was down 400 from the previous month though the overall rate of 14.8% remained unchanged from August.

On an unadjusted basis there were 429,335 people signing on in September, down 1.9% compared with the levels of a year ago.

However, the long-term unemployment rate continues to edge upwards.