Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report. The TUC said the higher figure - more than twice the official total - was revealed using an American measure, which includes people in part-time jobs because they cannot find full-time work and recent redundancies. The jobless total increased ...

Unemployment is at a staggering 2.68million – the highest for a generation. On top of that leading economists say this situation will get worse before it gets better. This makes the news that thousands of UK jobs are being advertised in Romania even more shocking. As the jobless rate soars to 8.4 per cent, Romanian job-seekers are being snapped up in a recruitment drive that has made the UK the favoured des ...