UK jobs growth jumps again despite broader economic slowdown

The number of people in work jumped by 180,000 to 32.934 million, at the top end of forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists.Full-time employment accounted for most of the growth while self-employment also rose strongly, the Office for National Statistics data showed.Signs of weakness in Britain's labour market in the autumn prompted two Bank of England interest-rate setters to vote for a cut to borrowing costs.But the BoE's other seven rate-setters have kept borrowing costs on hold amid signs..