The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Unemployment rate hits highest outside Covid years for almost a decade

Experts said the weaker-than-expected figures reinforce the case for the Bank of England to cut interest rates next month.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025

Jobless rate hits highest since Covid in blow to Reeves before Budget

The ONS said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to September

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025

Jobless rate hits highest since early 2021 amid ‘weakening’ labour market

The ONS said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to September, up from 4.8% in the three months to August.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025

'Yikes': Top investment bank looks under the hood of the economy and finds 'the labor market doesn't look that good'

We've heard the labor market is in a "low-hire, low-fire" kind of environment. The "low hire" part seems to be true, the other not so much.

Fortune · Nov 10, 2025

Woman Realizes She Doesn’t Need A Jobless Partner Who Costs More Than He Brings In, Kicks Him To The Curb

She was supportive when he first lost his job but it's been months now. Not only is he not contributing financially, or helping out around the house, but he's also turned down three job offers because they weren't quite to his liking. Meanwhile, she's footing the bill for his voluntary…

Bored Panda · Nov 10, 2025

Review to look at role of mental health issues in UK youth unemployment

Former health secretary Alan Milburn’s review is exploring reasons for rising inactivity among young people

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025

Economy heads for first major test since RBA rate hold

Australia's volatile unemployment rate is expected to tick back down to 4.4 per cent, which would add little urgency for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

AAP · Nov 9, 2025

‘A job is like finding a needle in a haystack’: how Dudley became centre of UK’s youth jobs crisis

Almost one in five school-leavers in West Midlands town are not in education, employment or training and chancellor is under pressure to deliver promised ‘youth guarantee’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025

'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply

The unemployment rate is low and the economy is still growing, but those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

The RBA predicts inflation will rise faster than wages. Let’s hope it’s wrong

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025