Rise in people out of work as wages fall; MORE EVIDENCE OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS REVEALED.(News)

From: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) | Date: June 11, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By GARETH DEIGHAN Industrial Reporter

UNEMPLOYMENT rates have increased, figures showed today.

The Office for National Statistics also revealed there has been a dip in average earnings and the number of manufacturing jobs nationally has reached a all-time low since records began in 1978.

Despite the increase in unemployment though, the number of people in work nationally increased by 76,000 in the three months to March to 29.55 million - a r...

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