Unemployment rate up
The unemployment rate for the three months to November 2011 was 8.4%, up 0.3% on the previous quarter, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The total number of unemployed people increased by 118,000 over the quarter to reach 2.68 million. There were 1.60 million people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in December 2011, up 1,200 on November.
20 January 2012