21 h. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Despite the economic gloom, there ARE signs of recovery. But I fear Rachel Reeves is about to spray weedkiller all over the green shoots

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, now the Office for National Statistics has reported that the unemployment rate has risen to 5 per cent, the highest for four years.

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36 h. ago Unemployment rate hits highest outside Covid years for almost a decade

Experts said the weaker-than-expected figures reinforce the case for the Bank of England to cut interest rates next month.

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37 h. ago Jobless rate hits highest since Covid in blow to Reeves before Budget

The ONS said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to September

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39 h. ago Jobless rate hits highest since early 2021 amid ‘weakening’ labour market

The ONS said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to September, up from 4.8% in the three months to August.

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39 h. ago UK unemployment rockets by 5% as regular earnings growth plummets to 4.6% in more bad news for Rachel Reeves

The rate of UK unemployment rose to 5 per cent in the three months to September, from 4.8 per cent in the three months to August, the Office for National Statistics said.

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39 h. ago UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years

ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrollsBusiness live – latest updatesUnemployment in the UK has risen by more than expected to the highest level in four years, official figures show, amid a worsening slowdown in the jobs market before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.With under three weeks to go before the chancellor’s tax and spending statement, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the headline unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in the three months to the end of September, up from 4.8% in the previous quarter. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago 'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply

The unemployment rate is low and the economy is still growing, but those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade

Economics

2 w. ago Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for second time this year amid lagging job market

The Federal Reserve announced that it slashed interest rates for the second time this year amid rising unemployment and increasing inflation.

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3 w. ago Here comes my Budget... and you're not going to like it! Rachel Reeves braces Brits for more tax misery as she blames Brexit

Rachel Reeves admitted the economy is 'not working as it should' and she does not 'like' the situation as government borrowing hit a new post-Covid high.

Economics

3 w. ago More woe for Reeves as government borrowing hits new September record outside of Covid with MPs clamouring for 'wealth taxes' at Budget

Public sector net borrowing was £20.2billion last month, £1.6billion higher than the same period a year earlier.

Economics

3 w. ago United States Grand Prix makes major announcement just hours before F1 race

F1 has been visiting the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas for the United States Grand Prix in every season except the Covid-hit 2020 campaign since 2012

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4 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 14 October: Jobless rate rises, easyJet leads index as builders rally

Unemployment has risen to its highest level since the pandemic with more than 1.7 million people looking for work.

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4 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 14 October: Jobless rate rises, index lower as gold falls from record

Unemployment has risen to its highest level since the pandemic with more than 1.7 million people looking for work.

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