The number of people in the UK unemployed rose to 2.3 million over the last quarter, the highest since November 1996.
The number of people that found themselves out of work since the 3 months up to April had rose by 232,000, compared to the previous quarter 226 million. This means that the rate of unemployment has now risen to just short of 7%.
The estimated figure is s ill set to reach 3 million by the middle of 2010. Does this mean that the UK employment market will start to look a little brighter after this time? How long will it take the repair the damage that had been made.