UK jobless rate hits highest in over a decade outside pandemic
The unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the last three months of 2025, the highest since 2015 not including the pandemic, according to the data from the Office for National Statistics. It hit 5.3% in late 2020 and stood at 5.1% in the three months to Novemberlast year. The jobless…
bubmagFebruary 17, 2026