Latest figures from the ONS show the unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the three months to December. Up from 5.1% in the previous month and the highest level since January 2021…
The number of payrolled employees fell by an estimated 134,000 in the 12 months to January 2026. Meanwhile, pay growth fell to 4.2% in the three months to December. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith said:
“These figures show the impact of a ‘zombie government’ with no plan for growth. Labour’s Jobs Tax, economic uncertainty and their red tape Employment Rights Bill are holding back hiring, creating a jobless generation.”
And this is before Labour’s Employment Rights Act kicks in…
Starmer was read out a list of his 13 U-turns on BBC Radio 2, to which he responded:
“Well, I am a common sense merchant.”