UK regular pay rises by annual 4.8% in three months to September

LONDON (Reuters) – British average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, were 4.8% higher in the three months to the end of September than a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.

Economists polled by Reuters had mostly forecast regular wage growth of 4.7%.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce and David Milliken; editing by Sarah Young)