Fact check: The unemployment rate has risen from 4.2% to 4.5% since the election

The leader of the Opposition and a Labour MP disagreed about the UK’s unemployment figures on Wednesday (PA) - (PA Wire)

A disagreement broke out between leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch and Labour MP Jake Richards at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on May 14.

When quizzing the Prime Minister, Mrs Badenoch said: “Yesterday we learnt that unemployment is up 10% since the election.”