Building works, Watford, UK. Image by Tim Sandle. By the end of 2025, unemployment in the UK rose to the highest rate in almost five years, reaching 5.2% in the final quarter of the year. Britain’s ...

Employers across Great Britain announced 50,904 proposed redundancies in September 2026, representing the highest monthly ...

UK redundancy payments have averaged 500 million per month this year, according to figures provided by HMRC. By March 31 this year, UK employers will have paid out a total of £6 billion. According to ...

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Redundancies this autumn could hit close to half a million according to data from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES). The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak launched a slew of financial ...