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Jobless rate above predicted peak as budget tax hikes kick in

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Jobless rate ticked up to 4.6% in April while payrolled employment has fallen sharply since.

Office for National Statistics said the new unemployment rate was highest since July 2021 .

It had previously stood at 4.5% - a total of more than 1.6 million people.

Payrolled employment fell by 109,000 - double April 's revised figure of 55,000 .

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