UK Unemployment at 3.9 Percent as Job Vacancies Fall

A man walks past a job centre in Manchester, England, on July 8, 2020. Phil Noble/Reuters

The UK labour market has seen an unexpected rise in unemployment as well as a fall in inactivity, as more men in particular started looking for work.

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) issued its latest employment and unemployment figures on May 16, reporting the main trends of the UK labour market.