UK unemployment has edged up to 3.7 per cent, official data showed on Tuesday.The unemployment rate increased in the three months to the end of October from 3.6 percent in the three months to the end of September, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
At the same time sky-high inflation continues to squeeze wages, resulting in mass strike action across Britain.
ONS Head of Economic Statistics, Sam Beckett, said “the number of working days lost rose again in October, to the highest monthly level in over 10 years.”
UK unemployment has edged up to 3.7 per cent, official data showed on Tuesday.The unemployment rate increased in the three months to the end of October from 3.6 percent in the three months to the end of September, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
At the same time sky-high inflation continues to squeeze wages, resulting in mass strike action across Britain.
ONS Head of Economic Statistics, Sam Beckett, said “the number of working days lost rose again in October, to the highest monthly level in over 10 years.”
