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UK unemployment rises by 131,000 |
UK unemployment hits 1.92 million |
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UK unemployment rose by 131,000 to 1.92 million between September and November, official figures have shown. | UK unemployment rose by 131,000 to 1.92 million between September and November, the highest total since September 1997. |
| That does not include the tens of thousands of jobs cut since November. | That does not include the tens of thousands of jobs cut since November. |
| The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance increased by 77,900 to 1.16 million, according to the Office for National Statistics. | The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance increased by 77,900 to 1.16 million, according to the Office for National Statistics. |
| Employment minister Tony McNulty said the figures were "very disappointing" and predicted things would "get worse before they get better". | Employment minister Tony McNulty said the figures were "very disappointing" and predicted things would "get worse before they get better". |
| The unemployment rate was 6.1% for the three months to the end of November, compared with 5.2% in the same period of 2007. |
| It is the highest jobless rate since the three months to the end of April 1999. |
| There were 225,000 redundancies in the three month period, which is the highest level since the figure began being compiled in 1995. |
| "This is a very rapid pace of job shedding," said Alan Clarke at BNP Paribas. |
| "It is still very early days in this recession and there is plenty of bad news in the pipeline." |
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