London unemployment rises to 6.8%, highest in a decade outside the pandemic

The rate of unemployment in London has risen to its highest level in more than a decade outside the pandemic as employers continue to shed jobs.

The jobless rate in the capital jumped from 6.5% to 6.8% - roughly one in fifteen - in the three months to October, meaning 354,000 were unemployed and actively looking for work, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).