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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

Rise in unemployment shows UK jobs market is cooling, but it is not collapsing

an advert for drivers at the back of a double-decker bus
Recruitment agencies say the employment market is ‘holding quite steady given the circumstances.’ Photograph: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Anaemic economic growth, rising inflation, and a worsening outlook in the jobs market. If the inheritance from the Conservatives had been bad, the situation a year in to the new Labour government does not look much better.

The latest figures show unemployment nudged up to 4.7% in May, hitting the highest level in four years, while wage growth slowed for a third consecutive month, and employers cut back on hiring.

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