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A total of 8.4 per cent of the working population is jobless, Office of National Statistics figures reveal

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed more doom and gloom as the jobless total hit a new high for the fourth quarter of 2011. According to ONS figures, the number of people out of wor...

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