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Young people hit hard as UK unemployment marches upwards

todayDecember 16, 2025

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Jobs market slowdown likely to become policy focus and will also have impact on interest rates decision

When Labour came to power, it set a “long-term ambition” of increasing the employment rate – the share of the working age population with a job – to 80%. The latest data suggest things are moving in the wrong direction.

The employment rate in the three months to October was 74.9%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), down 0.3 percentage points on the quarter.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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