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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
James Moore

Voices: Recruitment is in a doom loop – there’s only one thing for it, chancellor…

An ill wind continues to blow through the UK economy, with the jobs market enduring particularly chilly gusts. New figures reveal that unemployment is stuck at its four-year high of 4.7 per cent.

For those in search of work, it hasn’t been this cold in years, as three separate datasets demonstrate. The government had better brace itself for bad news.

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