UK Unemployment Holds At Four-Year High Amid Tax, Tariffs

Britain’s unemployment rate remained at a four-year high, official data showed Tuesday, as job vacancies shrank during a period that included a UK tax hike and US tariffs kicking in.

The rate stood at 4.7 per cent in the three months to the end of June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

It was unchanged from the March-May period, when it reached the highest level since…