Unemployment in key charts: Young Londoners hit hardest by labour market slowdown March 19th, 2026 by Pauline Bucher Background London’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5% in the last quarter of 2025 (non-seasonally adjusted). While London has historically seen higher unemployment than other parts of the United Kingdom, the gap was larger than usual (2.1 percentage points then in Q4 2025 compared to 0.5 percentage points in Q4 2019). That is despite the UK unemployment rate at the same time…
