Total UK unemployment rose 118,000 to 2.68 million.

UK unemployment rose by 114,000 between June and August to 2.57m, a 17-year high.

UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the three months to November to 2.685 million, the highest level since summer 1994.

UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the three months to November to 2.69 million, with the number of young people looking for work at a new record.

UK unemployment is expected to rise further.

UK unemployment is 5.5%, down from 7% in 1997 and lower than the Eurozone's average of 8.1%.

UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the three months to November to 2.685 million, official figures show.

By the start of August 2009, UK unemployment had hit 2.44 million, the highest since 1995.

UK unemployment rose to 2.03 million in the three months to January 2009 and the unemployment rate hit 6.5 percent, the highest since 1997.

UK unemployment has remained around 2.5m since the recession began in 2008 after many workers went part-time or accepted wage freezes.