FTSE 100 Live: Unemployment stuck at five-year high; Stocks to fall as oil surges

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Fresh figures this morning have revealed the UK’s unemployment rate is still stuck at 5.2 per cent – a near five-year high. Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), said “little changed” from the start of the year, despite [...]