UK unemployment dips for first time since 2008

There has also been an overall drop in the number of young people unemployed, which fell by 16,000 to 927,000 in the three months to November. Although there has been a marked rise in unemployment figures among young, black people aged between 16 and 24, which has leapt 13% since the recession began. The figures also show a larger than anticipated fall in the number of people claiming jobseekers allowance, which fell by 15,200 in December to 1.61mn. The figures will come as a boon to Labour who are putting job guarantees at the heart of their election campaign, having already outli...