https://www.ft.com/content/73a78a45-...5-99cb2077b70b
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentand...et/october2023
So things are worse than previously reported and we have no idea how accurate the figures are.
The UK faces months of uncertainty about the health of its jobs market after analysts warned that official figures showing a slight uptick in unemployment were deeply flawed.
Data published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics showed that the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4 per cent in the previous quarter, while the employment rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 75.7 per cent in the same period.
Data published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics showed that the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4 per cent in the previous quarter, while the employment rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 75.7 per cent in the same period.
UK payrolled employee growth for August 2023 compared with July 2023 has been revised from a decrease of 1,000 reported in the last bulletin to a decrease of 8,000.
