ONS data | Unemployment in UK hits four-year high

According to the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), unemployment throughout the UK is currently at the highest level in more than four years.

The Guardian reported that the unemployment rate within the UK rose to five per cent in the three months leading to the end of November.

This represents around 1.7million people, whilst in the three months leading to October, the rate remained under 4.9%.

The drastic rise is up from just four per cent in late 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic hitting the UK.