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Good Morning Britain star says 'it's bad' in major breaking news announcement

Good Morning Britain star Ranvir Singh made a "bad news" announcement during Tuesday's live show

A Good Morning Britain star said "it's bad" in a major breaking news announcement on Tuesday (October 14).

During today's edition of the popular ITV show, presenters Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley kept viewers updated with the latest news from across the UK and globally.

Joining them in the studio was Laura Tobin, who provided regular weather updates, while Ranvir Singh took charge of the day's remaining news.

Later in the programme, Ranvir shared breaking news following the release of August's unemployment figures by the Office for National Statistics.

The data revealed a slight dip in UK wage growth over the summer period, alongside a marginal increase in unemployment, reports Wales Online.

[Ranvir Singh]

Ranvir Singh announced breaking news on Tuesday's GMB(Image: ITV)

"I have some breaking news for you to kick off. A very good morning to you. There's some bad news for the Chancellor Rachel Reeves and working people because official figures just released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of people in work fell by 93,000 in the year up to the August just gone," Ranvir reported.

"That was an unexpected slight rise in the unemployment rate to 4.8 percent. The ONS's director of economic statistics, Liz McKeown, has said that there was also some bad news in terms of how much people are being paid, with wage growth slowing down in the private sector to its lowest rate in nearly four years.

"But there was some good news for people working in the public sector, who saw wage growth increase for them thanks to bigger pay rises handed out by the government."

Analysts have suggested that the UK jobs market is beginning to stabilise following a year of turbulence.

Job vacancies dropped by 9,000 in the three months leading up to September, with the ONS noting this marks the 39th consecutive period where job openings have decreased compared to the previous three months.

[Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid]

Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid delivered the latest news updates(Image: ITV)

"After a long period of weak hiring activity, there are signs that the falls we have seen in both payroll number and vacancies are now levelling off," Liz McKeown commented.

She also noted that different trends were emerging among various age groups, stating "the increase in unemployment was driven mostly by younger people".

Elsewhere on today's programme, Richard and Susanna shared the devastating news from Gaza that 20 Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were freed on Monday (October 13) as part of a US-backed ceasefire agreement.

The presenters also chatted with Martin Lewis about how to prevent fraud and financial abuse, and celebrated Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph's 80th birthday.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am

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