15/05/2002
UK sees slight rise in benefit claimants
The number of unemployed people claiming benefit in the UK has risen by 5,400 and the official unemployment rate for April stands at 3.2%.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that despite analysts' predictions of a slight decrease in the claimant count, the number actually rose by 5,400 to a total of 953,000, representing the second monthly increase in a row, giving rise to speculation over the strength of the supposed recovery of the UK economy.
However, UK minister for employment, Nick Brown, described the figures as a positive sign, and added: "At a time when other countries have experienced greater difficultly, this demonstrated the resilience and hard-won stability of the British economy and labour market."
(CL)
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that despite analysts' predictions of a slight decrease in the claimant count, the number actually rose by 5,400 to a total of 953,000, representing the second monthly increase in a row, giving rise to speculation over the strength of the supposed recovery of the UK economy.
However, UK minister for employment, Nick Brown, described the figures as a positive sign, and added: "At a time when other countries have experienced greater difficultly, this demonstrated the resilience and hard-won stability of the British economy and labour market."
(CL)
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Leap In Number Of NI Business Failures
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