UK earnings stretch lead over inflation, jobless rate falls

By William Schomberg and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British pay growth outstripped a dwindling inflation rate by the widest margin since before the financial crisis, several measures of earnings showed on Wednesday, giving many households a boost ahead of elections in May. The Office for National Statistics also said the unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent, its lowest level in more than six years, as the recovery in the country's labour market extended its nearly two-year run. A Reute