Unemployment Highest Since 1990s

The latest labout market statistics from the ONS show that the unemployment rate was 8.1% and the employment rate was 70.4%. Inactivity was 23.3%. The total number of unemployed people reached 2.57m, the highest since October 1994. The unemployment rate for people aged 16-24 reached 21.3%, the highest since records began in 1992.