UK unemployment rate hits 5% – highest since the end of the Covid Pandemic

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UK unemployment rate hits 5% - highest since the end of the Covid Pandemic

The rate of unemployment in the UK has surged to 5% in the third quarter of the year.

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It’s the highest level since the end of 2020, when many people were out of work because of the pandemic.
Wage growth has also fallen slightly, showing a general weakening in the jobs market before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.
However, job vacancies have risen for the first time in over three years.

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Date: November 11, 2025