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UK jobless rate rises to highest since 2016

People walk during the morning rush hour in the financial district of Canary Wharf (PHOTO: FILE)

Britain’s unemployment rate rose to 5.0 per cent, its highest since early 2016, in the three months to November as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the economy and the country went back into a lockdown, official figures showed.

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