UK jobless at new 17 year high

The number of Britons out of work rose to its highest level in more than 17 years in November as the jobless rate reached 8.4 percent of the workforce - that is 2.68 million people. The youth unemployment rate, that is 16- to 24-year-olds, hit 22.3 percent, the highest since records began. ... http://www.euronews.net/