UK unemployment has risen to 2.5 million, its highest level in almost 16 years.In the three months to the end of February there were 43,000 new signers-on.Youth unemployment increased to 929,000 during the period, with an additional 4,000 sixteen to twenty-four-year-olds registering as unemployed, compared with the previous three months.Among the over-50s, the jobless total [...]
UK unemployment hits 2.5m
