{"id":480718,"date":"2026-02-17T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480718\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:11:11","slug":"uk-unemployment-hits-highest-rate-for-nearly-five-years-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480718\/","title":{"rendered":"UK unemployment hits highest rate for nearly five years &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBjRHpsOGhpTkZYQWthaHZYZzhYdnI2Qkh2WndNRi1EOWd6RU4xa0txT0tYQ3JSc2cza2RXdmd3Slk0aWRIREdQWW9kQjd3d3Y4MVJjYml0dVRMZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK unemployment hits highest rate for nearly five years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPT0tKR2gzN0xqX1pnOEZhRkZLb0E1ak1JV1U0OU1adWFpNE1Bd25MNFhHQTQwOHhVN3UteTg0RUczb0ZER0hieWVUekRQcndUd2UtbE8wVHNRdjJnVXNyUFREYS0xVHJaV09Ga0JVM1dBbkI4V2JxSkQySWdkazMwMnVFOXJWb0hDVXpudVM4NG5XM0VLb2t5QmtLa2XSAaIBQVVfeXFMTWFJV1NQRC1NRmdlbklYdnJFTTF4QTI5NHpRUERXaVEzajJYOWVfS3lwUmREMDNxd1pJa2lHVXAyV1NXVk9WVUZEUGR6U2JRS29vLVlkSmF2TS1GcmlwWFdwUWk2Y0I1cUlGM1lGOUhtcVg0OS1PcjkyX3R6bHNLLVptYW9RTjdtYlJsN0ZadkI0dkI0WkRBRGdLOFRqNlVlMFp3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sterling falls as UK unemployment hits highest rate in five years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FTSE 100 and GBP\/USD forecast: UK data gives BoE March cut a further boost<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FOREX.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNcnZDdkJtWHNzalprd18yX2VJSlhocldqSG5uVXY1TzhSc0lXUlZwcW9fUjFkVnRjM09WUEtwclhzT1h3el94N2p6RXdGY1VMWU41NTl4U1FybGpwN3dveFhhV1pURThnWUtCZXJZMlVPNTVwaVpxVTd1d3pWdjRnSmpub254cUVmQzJTb09UNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jobs crisis London: unemployment jumps to new five year high of 7.6%<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo! Finance Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxPRkZPQThtRS1qUUpwUXZGRjZfdDBhMktlTGFUN2FXVFdPaWp4NjNzLVIwVFNnTHk1TzNuY2hXdkxNTHVkUUsxQWlfQ0lhU1VtdkhhZ3N5ZXF6UHhWSW8zSUNsNm9OMFJDQjE3WEtPUEQ1YU1oaUJCbU9LRWVueVRrd0FodlZHTnFqSTkzSnpnZUxfWXRvUzlJZzVDOFByY3VySHJzOUEwZmRMU3lXNWwxMElUTXUxWDZvNzJJb0Z6ZDJqMlN1ajdHLU5BQW15R3FLSnNWc3ZJUDBNOURSdU1nLVpGTTJjSGlNYXFBZU1NbFRaUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pound and Bond Yields Fall as Weak Data Cements Rate-Cut Bets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK unemployment hits highest rate for nearly five years&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCSterling falls as UK unemployment hits highest rate in five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":["post-480718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}