UK employers keep up hiring, jobless rate back to near forty-five-year low

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain's employers unexpectedly took on more staff in the three months before the country's Oct. 31 Brexit deadline, according to data which sugggested the labour market was retaining some of its strength.Concerns about recent signs of weakness in the jobs data prompted two interest-rate setters at the Bank of England to vote for a cut to borrowing costs last month, and they are expected to do so again this week. Tuesday's official data showed the number of people in..