I had to do some searching to find this. I wonder why it's not more prominent in today's news stories? 🤔

Employment up by 2% is huge. There are 37.5 Million people of working age in the UK, with 33.09M as of June 2024 now in some form of employment.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l100…

UK unemployment falls slightly as pay growth slows

The UK's unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in the three months to the end of June, figures suggest.

^{Daniel Thomas & Dharshini David (BBC News)}