UK unemployment total rises again; 81,000

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UK unemployment total rises again

The number of people out of work in the UK rose by another 81,000 between May and July, to 1.72 million, according to government figures.

That took the official unemployment rate up from 5.3% to 5.5%.

The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance also rose, by 32,500 to 904,900 in August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

In a further sign of the economic slowdown, the number of people in work and the number of vacancies both fell.

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Published: 2008/09/17 08:43:55 GMT

[peter1636]

These figures are worse than we expected.. The gloomy data show that the sharp economic downturn and the prospect of a recession is weighing heavily on business confidence. These figures indicate unemployment is likely to rise further through the winter.
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