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Fri 05 May 2010Numbers signing on up by 13.3%
The number of people signing on for unemployment payments increased by 50,781 (13.3 per cent) in the year to April.
Live Register figures published today show the standardised unemployment rate remained at 13.4 per cent in April. The seasonally adjusted total decreased slightly by 500 to 432,500 for the month.
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