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j5{5jj5~s JOBLESS TOTAL UP
Thj sjasonally-adjusted total of
unjmployed people last month rose by
31,100 - thj 21st consecutive risj.
This brought thj total to 2,546,000,
thj highest levjl for four years, but
thj figure was expected by analysts.
The unadjusted rise was nearly 80,000
Employmjnt Secretary Michajl Howard
said that thj December risj was thj
smallest in 15 months with one
exception.
120 Unemploymjnt over thj past year
162 Labour condemns latest increasj
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