Wales sees the largest increase in unemployment compared with the same time last year.
Wales has the joint highest unemployment rate in the UK alongside the West Midlands at 4.8% between February and April 2023Wales has seen the largest increase in unemployment over the past year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Unemployment stood at 4.8%, the highest total in the UK alongside the west Midlands, estimates from February to April 2023 showed. This is 1.3 percentage points higher than the same time period in 2022 and 0.2 percentage points up on last month.
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