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UK unemployment
April 16 2008 - The unemployment rate remained at 5.2% - down 0.1% over the quarter and down 0.4% on last year. 29.5 million people were in work in the period December to February according to the labour force survey (LFS). This is the highest on record, up by 152,000 on the quarter, and up by 456,000 on the last year.
