UK Unemployment Rate Stable at 4.9% in Quarter to June

02:13 AM EDT, 08/18/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Britain's unemployment rate stood at 4.9% in the three months to June, unchanged from the level in the prior three-month period, according to data from the Office for National Statistics published Tuesday. The consensus estimate for the period was 4.8%. Meanwhile, the UK employment rate was 75.1% during the quarter to June.