By Susana Lima
Unemployment rate in Britain rose to 8.3% annually, the highest since 1994, with 2.64 million people out of work, as confirmed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
According to the report, there are 128,000 new unemployed since October, while they are 29.1 million people work at home. The number of people working in the public sector fell below six million for the first time since 2003.
The unemployment rate increased 0.4% from last quarter, the largest quarterly increase since 1994, with the largest number of unemployed in 17 years.
Unemployment among those aged 16 to 24 increased by 54,000 to 1.03 million cases, the highest rate since 1992.
The ONS also said that unemployment among women rose by 45,000 cases to 1.1 million, such a high not seen since 1988.
The number of people charged by the unemployment insurance increased by 3,000 cases to 1.6 million, the ninth consecutive month of increase, which is the highest since early 2010.
