Wage growth starts to outpace rate of inflation
Earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 7.8% between May and July against the prior year, matching inflation for the first time since October 2021
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Pay growth has caught up with the rate of inflation for the first time in nearly two years, as wages surged at a record rate in the last quarter, official figures have shown.