Unemployment hits 12-year high

Unemployment has risen above 2 million for the first time since 1997, according to official figures out today.

The number of people out of work rose to 2.03 million in the three months to January, up by 165,000, the Office for National Statistics said. This took the unemployment rate to 6.5 per cent between November and January, up from 6.3 per cent.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School