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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Karl Matchett

Unemployment rate rises to 5.1% to hit 10-year high outside of Covid

Britain’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent in the three months to October – the highest level for nearly five years, official data shows.

Outside of the Covid-impacted period, unemployment has not been at this level in the UK for almost a decade, since the first three months of 2016.

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