LONDON, United Kingdom, July 11 – UK unemployment rose back to four percent in the three months to the end of May, official data showed Tuesday, as the economy struggles with stubbornly-high inflation.
The unemployment rate increased from 3.8 percent in the three months to the end of April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
The rate was back at four percent for the first time since the start of 2022. Analysts’ consensus had been for unemployment to remain at 3.8 percent.
