Wales has the joint highest unemployment rate of any nation or region in the UK while also having the lowest level of people in employment.
Labour data from the Office for National Statistics for the three months from March to May, shows that Wales, along with the West Midlands, has the highest unemployment rate in the UK at 5% - a rise of 1.5% on the previous quarter, representing the biggest rise in the UK.
The unemployment rate in Wales is at its highest level for five years. For the UK as whole the unemployment rate was up 0.2% to 4%. The unemployment rate in Wales was up 1.2% on the year, which was also the biggest rise anywhere in the UK
