Unemployment in the UK rose by 210,000 to 2.47m in the three months to July, which is the highest level since May 1995, according to the ONS.
The jobless rate currently stands at 7.9%, a 0.7% increase over the previous quarter and 2.3% rise over the year. It has not been higher since the three months to November 1996. Numbers claiming Jobseeker's...
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