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Unemployment figures hit a 12-year high
Posted by veritygee in Recruitment on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 13:25
UK unemployment has hit the highest level since 1996 with the numbers of jobless having risen to 2.261 million in the three months to April, the Office for National Statistics has said.
The official figures published today show that the UK employment rate has fallen to 73.3 percent, down 0.8 from the previous quarter and down 1.5 over the year while the UK unemployment rate increased to 7.2 per cent from the previous quarter, up 0.7 over the previous quarter and up 1.9 over the year.
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