The rate of UK unemployment rose to 3.9% in the three months to March from 3.8% in the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics said.
Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), said: “Employment and unemployment both rose again in the first three months of 2023, driven in particular by men.
“This means the number of those neither working nor looking for work continues to fall, although the number of people not working due to long-term sickness rose again, to a new record.
