Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest rate since the summer of 2021 as the jobs market weakens further, although wage growth remains resilient, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of UK unemployment lifted to 4.4 per cent in the three months to April, up from 4.3 per cent in the three months to March.
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00:00 Hello, my name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.
00:07 Britain's unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest rate since the summer
00:13 of 2021 as the jobs market weakens further, although wage growth remains resilient, according
00:21 to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said the rate of UK unemployment
00:27 lifted to 4.4% in the three months to April, up from 4.3% in the three months to March.
00:35 The latest increase defied expectations for the rate to remain unchanged. It's the highest
00:40 level since July to September 2021. My name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business
00:48 Editor of the Yorkshire Post.