article_snippet: At the same time unemployment fell by 102,000 to reach 1.86 million while the number of people on the dole last month fell by 31,000 to 791,200, the Office for National Statistics said.
article_snippet: Overall, unemployment is now at a near seven-year low, while the number of people are in work has hit a new record.
article_snippet: The jobless total is now 1.86 million, the lowest since the summer of 2008 and almost half a million down on a year ago.
article_snippet: The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance fell by 31,000 to 791,200 in February - the 28th consecutive monthly reduction.
article_snippet: The number of people classed as economically inactive, including those on long-term sick leave, looking after a relative or who have given up looking for work, fell by 30,000 to just over nine million, or 22.2 per cent of 16 to 64-year-olds.
article_snippet: Other figures showed that public sector employment has fallen by 6,000 to just under 5.4 million, the lowest since current records began in 1999.
article_snippet: Unemployment has fallen in almost every region in the UK - with only Scotland and the East of England seeing an increase in the number of people out of work .
highlights_snippet: At the same time unemployment fell by 102,000 to 1.86m, the ONS said .
  
highlights_snippet: Jobless total down to 1.86m, down almost half a million on a year ago .
  
highlights_snippet: The number of people on the dole last month fell by 31,000 to 791,200 .