UK labour market exodus drives jobless rate down to 3.5%

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/uk-jobless-rate-falls-slightly-35-2022-10-11/

From the article:
The number of job vacancies in the July-to-September period fell to 1.246 million, its lowest since late 2021 but still high by historical standards, underscoring the problems facing many employers struggling to fill their empty roles.

"The labour market remains extraordinarily tight with, for the first time ever, more vacancies in the economy than the number of people looking for work," Kitty Ussher, chief economist at the Institute of Directors, said.

I was just reading this!
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/uk-unemployment-falls-lowest-since-062454526.html

Hmmm... employer's unable to fill all those zero hour, zero pension, zero benefit, zero security, zero future... shorter than short term contract minimum wage roles that our old Eastern European club members used to jump at?

or the social is better!