Britain’s unemployment rate

UK jobs picture robust as Omicron struck

January 18, 2022 by Muhammad Zubair

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate dropped and payrolls recovered further at the end of last year despite the onset of the Omicron variant, official data showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1 per cent in the three months to the end of November, from 4.2 per cent in the quarter ending in October, the … Read more

UK unemployment eases but vacancies soar: Data

October 12, 2021 by Aizbah Khan

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate eased as the economy reopened, but vacancies hit another record peak before the end of the government’s furlough jobs support scheme, data showed Tuesday. The unemployment rate — or proportion of the workforce that is unemployed — dropped to 4.5 per cent in the three months to August, the Office for … Read more

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