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Unemployment

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for a year after a big jump in the number of people who have found work, new figures show.

15 August 2012

Starting salaries for graduates are set to rise by 6% to an average of £26,500, while the jobs market is starting to stabilise, according to new research.

4 July 2012

The Government was hit with a mixed bag of unemployment data today as the headline jobless rate fell but the number of dole claimants rose.

20 June 2012

An increase in the minimum wage is required to protect low-income workers from a "perfect storm" of benefit cuts, rising living standards and a lack of jobs, Oxfam warns.

14 June 2012

Retail workers could be better off on the dole because of tax credit changes brought in under the last Budget, a new report claimed this week.

11 June 2012

Unemployed people are sometimes charged over five times more for their insurance than those in work, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.

25 May 2012

The Government was given some welcome good news on the jobs front today when unemployment fell by 45,000 and the number of dole claimants dipped for the second month in a row.

16 May 2012

Unemployment is set to continue rising over the next five years in most parts of the UK because of a weaker economic outlook, according to a new report.

8 May 2012

The UK's unemployment rate has reached a 16-year high after another rise in the jobless total.

15 February 2012

The jobs market is facing a "slow, painful contraction", with firms scaling back decisions on whether to recruit more staff against a background of global economic "turmoil", a new report warns today.

14 November 2011

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