Employment and pay growth have decreased at the fastest rate in four years in the UK. It seems that a slowing economy due to Brexit uncertainty has begun to impact the labor market. In addition to an unemployment increase, inactivity, or the number of working age people who have stopped seeking employment, has risen. While real earnings are estimated to have increased by nearly 2 percent, some political figures have argued that working families are being squeezed due to a decade of relatively small wage growth.
See "UK employment takes biggest tumble in four years", Larry Elliott, The Guardian, November 12, 2019