UK unemployment climbed to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025, the highest level in nearly five years.
This rise, beyond a simple percentage, reflects structural shifts, policy effects, age-specific dynamics, and questions about underemployment and future prospects:
* Payroll employment is shrinking.
* Youth unemployment has surged to
You are probably among those people who have never really thought about what happens to your money if a financial institution (be it your bank, building society, or credit union) goes down, because of how stable it has been.
The truth is, this has happened before. In 2008, Northern Rock
You are probably among those people who have never really thought about what happens to your money if a financial institution (be it your bank, building society, or credit union) goes down, because of how stable it has been.
The truth is, this has happened before. In 2008, Northern Rock
UK unemployment climbed to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025, the highest level in nearly five years.
This rise, beyond a simple percentage, reflects structural shifts, policy effects, age-specific dynamics, and questions about underemployment and future prospects:
* Payroll employment is shrinking.
* Youth unemployment has surged to
