UK Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2% in December
The UK unemployment rate increased to 5.2% in the three months to December, up from 5.1% in November, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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UK unemployment rate hits five-year high of 5.2%
It marks the highest rate since the Covid pandemic, official figures show.
Read full article →Gloom for UK workers as incomes flatline and jobs market falters
Falls in inflation and interest rates could leave Britain better off this year, but at the cost of high unemployment UK unemployment rate hits five-year high Private sector pay increased on average by just 3.4% in December, according to the latest official labour market data released on Tuesday, the same as the rise in inflation at the end of last year. No wonder the vast majority of workers are feeling the winter blues. Their incomes, adjusted for rising shop prices, have flatlined, leaving them no better off than they were a year earlier. Continue reading...
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The ONS said the rate of unemployment lifted to 5.2% in the three months to December, up from 5.1% in the three months to November.
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