LONDON:: Britain's unemployment rate stands at its lowest level since 2005 after a dip in the amount of people without work, official data showed on Wednesday.

The unemployment rate stood at 5.1 percent in the three months to March, unchanged from the quarter to the end of December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

The ONS added that the unemployment total dipped by 2,000 to 1.69 million people.

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