According to latest figures, UK unemployment rose to 1.92 million during the three month period between September and November 2008. Another 131,000 people joined the unemployment list during this period, which is the highest for 11 years. The figures do not take into account the thousands of job cuts since November.
The figures, which were released by the Office for National Statistics also stated that the number of jobseeker’s allowance claimants rose by nearly 78,000 to around 1.16 million. The report goes on to say that there were 225,000 redundancies between September and November; the highest since figures began in 1995. Jobless rate also rose to 6.1%, compared to 5.2% during the same period in 2007.
During the Prime Minister’s Questions, Gordon Brown said: “Every job loss, every redundancy, is a matter of regret and sadness for us all,”
And added: “We may not be able to help people keep their existing job, but we will help people get into a new job”.
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