Upbeat unemployment figures are no reason for leave voters to celebrate

Economists expected rise in joblessness but firms have not cut jobs yet because no one knows what Brexit will look like

If you put Brexit to one side, the latest unemployment figures are no surprise.

They show that Britain's unemployment rate remained at 4.9% at the end of June, the lowest since 2005, while the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance dropped by 8,600 to 763,600 in July, the first fall since February 2016.