As figures released by the ONS show that almost one in three households in Liverpool , Nottingham and Glasgow has no-one in work , we look at the cities with the highest number of benefit claimants.
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With the Government today launching the new Work Programme , a partnership with private companies designed to find jobs for the long-term unemployed , the Work Foundation think tank has identified the
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The unemployment rate rose to 6.8% during the last three months of 2010 , Statistics New Zealand said today.
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The unemployment rate has dropped slightly as more people found full and part-time work in the first three months of the year.