Grayling: Unemployment figures have 'stabilised'

Name: Grayling: Unemployment figures have 'stabilised'
Uploaded: 2011-02-16T10:31:42.000Z
Description: UK unemployment rose by 44,000 to almost 2.5 million in the three months to the end of December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

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UK unemployment rose by 44,000 to almost 2.5 million in the three months to the end of December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

Youth unemployment rose to a fresh record high, with more than one in five 16 to 24-year-olds out of work after a rise of 66,000 to 965,000 without jobs.

The UK unemployment rate is now 7.9%.

The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance increased by 2,400 last month to 1.46 million.

The Employment Minister, Chris Grayling told the BBC that unemployment figures have ''stabilised''.

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16 February 2011