The rate of UK unemployment remained unchanged at 4.2 percent in the three months to November, the Office for National Statistics said.
Commenting on today’s figures, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Liz McKeown said: “The overall picture continues to be broadly stable, with the unemployment rate unchanged and the employment rate up slightly on the previous three months.
“Job vacancies fell again, with the retail industry seeing the biggest fall. However, the overall number of vacancies remains above its pre-pandemic level.”
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) come after a failure in December 2023 for Britain to make a substantial dent in joblessness.
Last month, the UK’s unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over was also left unchanged from the previous release and sat at 4.2 percent.
But over a fifth of the country’s working age population were classed as economically inactive, with the 20.9 percent figure also largely unchanged from the previous ONS report.
Britain’s employment rate was also largely unchanged back in December and sat at 75.7 percent for those aged from 16 to 64 years old.
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