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| UK unemployment rate rises to 5.1% | UK unemployment rate rises to 5.1% |
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| The rate of unemployment in the UK rose to 5.1% in the three months to December, official figures show. | The rate of unemployment in the UK rose to 5.1% in the three months to December, official figures show. |
| The Office for National Statistics said 1.74 million people were unemployed in the October to December period, up 454,000 from the same quarter in 2019. | |
| More than 700,000 fewer people are currently employed than before the start of the pandemic, the ONS said. | |
| Almost three-fifths of this fall has come from those aged under-25. |