UK unemployment jumps to highest since 2021 as wage growth slows

The rate of unemployment increased again in the latest three-month period, the ONS said (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain’s jobless rate has struck its highest level for four years as workers also faced another slowdown in wage growth, official figures have shown.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of UK unemployment increased to 4.7% in the three months to May, from 4.6% in three months to April.