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In the three months to February 2017 there were 33.4 million people in the UK labour force and 1.56 million people classed as unemployed. These figures gave an official UK unemployment rate of 4.7%. [8] UK unemployment rates consistent with this definition are available from 1971.
Unemployment in the UK at 4.3 per cent is not far off all-time low rates, although it is slowly rising, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. It still means about 1.5 million ...
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
Wages in the U.K. spiked sharply in April, official figures showed Tuesday, a development that is set to cement expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates once again next week.
The official count of UK unemployment is rising, and economists warn job cuts are only likely to continue despite government support for employers. UK unemployment rate up amid a 'surge in ...
Unemployment in Scotland measured by the Office for National Statistics show unemployment in Scotland at 155,000 (5.6%) as of August 2015. [1]
The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate fell to a lower-than-expected 3.6% in the three months to July. UK unemployment rate slumps to 48-year low but more Britons quit jobs ...
By June, 9.3 million people were being financially supported by the scheme. There were concerns about unemployment, which, by the end of June was nearing 3 million, and threatening to exceed the previous highest unemployment figures last seen in 1986, and fears of a deep recession.