22 March 2010

Employment down again

Employment rates are at their lowest since November 1996.

Statistics released from the Office for National Statistics highlighted that the number of people in employment fell by 54,000 on the quarter ending in January 2010 to reach 28.86 million with all of those losses coming in full time positions.

Figures for people unemployed longer than a year have increased too. Sixty-one thousand more people have been unemployed for more than 12 months, reaching 687,000, the highest figure since August 1997... read more

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