Unemployment hits highest level for eleven years

  In the three months to October, the number of people out of work increased by 137,000 to 1.86m - the highest level since 1997 - taking the unemployment rate up by 0.2% to 6%.  Unemployment increased in ten of the UK's regions over the period, the only exceptions being East Midlands and the East.  Meanwhile the number of...

Thursday, 18 December 2008

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