article_snippet: The employment rate of 73.3% has never been higher.
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron said: 'The highest employment rate in our history is not a dry fact.
article_snippet: The highest employment rate in our history means more people with the security of a pay packet and a brighter future.'
article_snippet: George Osborne added: 'Today's ONS figures record yet another economic milestone, confirming a new record high employment rate alongside a claimant count that has not been lower since 1975. '
article_snippet: His Lib Dem number two Danny Alexander said: 'Today's ONS figures show a yearly increase of 617,000 more people in work with a record high employment rate and unemployment continuing to fall each year. '
article_snippet: The Business Secretary Vince Cable added: 'With almost three quarters of working age people now in work, we have achieved the highest rate of employment in the UK since records began. '
article_snippet: But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the 'remarkable set of figures' were partly down to his benefit reforms.
article_snippet: Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said: 'For every single day that Government has been in power, we have seen an average of 1,000 more people in work.
highlights_snippet: The employment rate of 73.3% has never been higher, figures revealed .
  