Unemployment rate rises to 12.7%

Updated: 15:27, Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Live Register figures to be published tomorrow will show an increase of 13,300 people signing on for the past five weeks.

1 of 1 Unemployment Estimated rate is now 12.7%
Unemployment
Estimated rate is now 12.7%

This compares with an increase of 10,900 in December.

When seasonal factors are taken into account the increase for January is 5,800, compared with a seasonal adjusted increase of 3,300 in December.

This brings the headline total for those signing on to 436,900.

The estimated unemployment rate is now 12.7%, compared with 12.5% in December.

The Budget forecast an average unemployment rate of 13.2% for the year.

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