article_snippet.sent: Unemployment has continued to fall and a record 31 million people are in work, the last jobless figures before the general election have shown.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time the jobless total fell by 76,000 to 1.84 million in the quarter to February, the lowest for almost seven years.
article_snippet.sent: The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance fell by 20,700 in March to 772,400, the 29th consecutive monthly cut.
article_snippet.sent: The number of people classed as economically inactive, including those looking after a relative, on long-term sick leave or who have given up looking for work, fell by 104,000 to just under nine million.
article_snippet.sent: Long-term unemployment has also fallen, down by 188,000 to 623,000 for those out of work for at least a year.
article_snippet.sent: Youth unemployment - 16 to 24-year-olds - fell by 22,000 in the three months to February to 742,000.
article_snippet.sent: The ONS also reported that 107,000 people were made redundant over the latest three months, little changed on the end of last year, but more than 200,000 fewer than the record peak of 311,000 in early 2009.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jobless total falls by 76,000 to 1.84 million, the lowest for seven years .
  