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Tories accused of failing working people as unemployment rises to highest rate in two years
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THE Tories have taken the job market from bad to worse, the TUC charged today as alarming new figures revealed that Britain’s unemployment rate has risen to its highest rate in more than two years.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today that unemployment has risen for the fourth month in a row.

There are now 1.51 million people unemployed in Britain, the highest number its been since September 2021. 

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