UK unemployment is forecast to rise to a five-year high in 2026 as Rachel Reeves’s tax rises and global trade uncertainty weigh on growth, according to EY Item Club.

UK unemployment remains at a near five-year high while wage growth slows, strengthening the case for interest rate cuts as ...

UNEMPLOYMENT has remained stuck at a four-year high while wage growth has slowed, official figures reveal. The jobless rate ...

The headline rate of unemployment was 5.1% in September through November, higher than expected by economists polled by The ...

Grim figures showed the jobs market crumbling, with redundancies rising, as the Chancellor prepares to impose more tax hikes. Analysts said the numbers were effectively chickens coming home to roost ...

London’s unemployment rate has doubled in less than two years, hitting 7.2% and falling hardest on young people, retail and ...

The split between private and public sector pay became starker in the latest data; public sector pay growth rose to 7.9 per ...

There were an estimated 155,000 working days lost because of labour disputes across the UK in November 2025. This is the highest number of working days lost since January 2024, with over half of ...

The euro zone’s GDP is forecast to slow just slightly to 1.2% this year and inch upwards to 1.4% in 2027, said analysts Read more at The Business Times.

The weakness in the UK labor market is likely to have been overstated, economists and policymakers warned, after new figures shifted the narrative in Westminster and financial markets ahead of the ...

Pound falls after mixed jobs data showing elevated wage growth and unemployment ticking up to 4.8%, the highest since May 2021. Join the Markets Today team -- Sam Unsted, Morwenna Coniam, Kit Rees and ...