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Thu 07 Jul 2008Coalition under fire over rising jobless figures
THE MAIN Opposition parties have demanded direct action from the Government to stem the rising tide of unemployment, following official figures yesterday which showed the highest year-on-year increase since records began
The numbers signing on the Live Register for unemployment benefits have climbed to a 10-year high this month. The figure has jumped by 17,429, or 7.9 per cent, in July alone to 238,240, according to figures published yesterday by the Central Statistics Office. That is the highest Live Register total since February 1998.
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