Unemployment rate static

Unemployment in Scotland remained unchanged between February and April, new figures show.

The number of people not in work was 118,000, the same as the previous three months.

The number of people in employment also fell slightly during the same period, down from 2.644 million in November to January to 2.642 million.

The Office for National Statistics figures show Scotland’s unemployment rate was 4.3% over the period, unchanged from November to January, and up from 4% on the same quarter in 2017. The rate was slightly below that of the UK as a whole at 4.2%

Meanwhile the employment rate in Scotland fell slightly to 59.8% from 59.9% in the previous quarter.