Unemployment figures in the UK top the 2.3 million mark

15
Jul/090

Unemployment figures in the UK top the 2.3 million mark

As the recession takes as strong a grip as ever, more and more firms are cutting costs in every way possible and the most effective way of doing that is of course to cut jobs. A “worse than expected” set of figures indicated that unemployment has rose by a new record 281,000 to 2.38 million, in the three months to May. The statistics released by the Office for National Statistics said.

The jobless rate increased to 7.6%, the highest in more than 10 years.

But the number of people claiming unemployment benefit increased by 23,800 in June to 1.56 million which was less than analysts had forecast.

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