ONS Labour Market: UK Unemployment Hits 4-Year High of 4.7%, But Economic Inactivity Falls

Unemployment rate spikes in UK – Asian News from UK

The unemployment rate has risen to 4.7%, its highest in four years, while the number of job vacancies has now been falling continuously for three years…reports Asian Lite News The UK jobs market has continued to weaken, making the prospect of an interest rate cut next month even more likely, analysts say. The annual rate of pay growth in the three months between March and May slowed to 5%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). T…

HGV Driver Recruitment Needs A Jump-Start From Government, Says Logistics UK - UK Haulier

The government’s latest employment data issued today (17 July) shows unemployment is at its highest level since June 2021 and has increased to 4.7% in the three months to May. The announcement comes as business group Logistics UK publishes the findings of its latest Skills and Employment Update and calls for a coordinated effort to address recruitment and retention in the logistics sector. Logistics UK’s Skills and Employment Update analyses da…

UK unemployment reaches 4.7% as labour market cools, raising pressure for Bank of England rate cut

Unemployment in the UK rose to a four-year high of 4.7% in May, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), fuelling expectations that the Bank of England could cut interest rates again in August. The increase from 4.6%—which caught economists and the Bank itself by surprise—comes alongside signs of a broader slowdown in the labour market, with wage growth easing and payroll numbers shrinking. The data reinforces conc…

Labour market update: July 2025

Sources: UK Labour Market: July 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: July 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the labour market in Scotland dashboard. The data shown in the image is also available for download: Data_tablesDownload Fraser Murray

REC response to ONS labour market figures, July 2025

Published byREC17 Jul 2025|OpinionREC response to ONS labour market figures, July 2025The ONS published its latest labour market figures this morning. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Chief Executive Neil Carberry said:“While the overall levels of employment and unemployment remain reasonably steady, the trend is one of clear weakening across most measures. This reflects businesses’ reactions to rising costs and an uncertain ex…

ONS Labour Market: UK Unemployment Hits 4-Year High of 4.7%, But Economic Inactivity Falls

The Latest Office for National Statistics data has been released today (17th July 2025). This is looking at the employment data from March to May 2025. The Top level figures are that the Employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 for (Mar – May 2025) is 75.2%, an increase of 0.8% percentage points (pps) on the previous year, this is a quarterly change of 0.2pps, but since Since Dec-Feb 2020 it is down -1.2pps. The Unemployment Rate Is Up On The Qu…