Official figures released today reveal that, in the three months to June, unemployment leapt by 220,000 to hit its highest rate since the summer of 1995. The Office for National Statistics said that the total number of unemployed now stands at 2.44 million, with 1.58 million now claiming Jobseaker's allowance.
It all means that three quarters of a million people have lost their jobs in the space of a year.
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009
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