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18/01/2006
UK unemployment reaches 5%
Unemployment in the UK has risen to about 1.53 million or 5%, the highest figure in three years.
The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) also highlighted how job vacancies fell by 12,700 to 606,500, while the number of benefit claimants rose by 7,200 to 909,100.
The 'economic inactivity' rate for people of working age was 21.4% for the three months ending in November 2005, unchanged from the previous quarter. The number of economically inactive people of working age rose by 25,000 to reach 7.94 million.
The annual rate of growth in average earnings (the AEI), excluding bonuses, was 3.8% in November 2005, down from 3.9 per cent the previous month. Including bonuses, it was 3.4 per cent, down from 3.6 per cent the previous month.
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The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) also highlighted how job vacancies fell by 12,700 to 606,500, while the number of benefit claimants rose by 7,200 to 909,100.
The 'economic inactivity' rate for people of working age was 21.4% for the three months ending in November 2005, unchanged from the previous quarter. The number of economically inactive people of working age rose by 25,000 to reach 7.94 million.
The annual rate of growth in average earnings (the AEI), excluding bonuses, was 3.8% in November 2005, down from 3.9 per cent the previous month. Including bonuses, it was 3.4 per cent, down from 3.6 per cent the previous month.
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