Unemployment hits 14-year high of 2.47m as one in five young people are now jobless

Daily Mail
"Unemployment has jumped to its highest level since 1995 as Britain's recession continued to bite.The number of people out of work rose by 210,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to July, official figures showed today.The recession's impact on young people was underlined by jobless totals among 16-24-year-olds reaching 947,000 - the highest level since ONS records began in 1992.The jobless rate among this age group is a record 19.7 per cent, meaning one in five is looking for work."