More than 138,000 people began claiming the Jobseekers' Allowance in February, taking the total number of claimants up to 1.39 million, the Office for National Statistics said.
But while private sector firms have cut jobs and pay to cope with the downturn, the only area that saw employment rise was the public sector, which created 30,000 positions last year and saw average salaries increase faster than inflation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/5013524/Unemployment-hits-two-million-but-public-sector-sheltered.html
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