UK Jobless Rate

Tax data showed the number of employees on payroll tumbled 109,000 in May, the biggest decline since May 2020, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday

Economists said the figures reflected concerns among employers about a tax increase imposed on them by finance minister Rachel Reeves and over US President Donald Trump's trade war

Official data on Tuesday showed the jobless rate for the three months to April rose to 4.4 per cent from 4.3 per cent

The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, dropped 19,000 to 1.791 million during the week ending March 23, the claims report showed

The jobless rate sank to 3.8% in the three months to February from 3.9% before, official figures showed, matching a rate last seen in late 2019 and one that has not been lower since 1974

The number of job adverts in Britain rose at a slower pace in late August than earlier in the month but there were signs that companies were looking for staff to help with a return to their offices

The IHS Markit/CIPS manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) sank to 48.9 in November from 49.6 in October, a slightly smaller decline than an initial flash estimate of 48.3

The unemployment rate fell back to 3.8%, its lowest level since early 1975, the Office for National Statistics said

Wage growth remained largely unchanged over the period but jumped in December alone, the Office for National Statistics said

That was unchanged from the three months to September, and the lowest rate since 1975