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UK unemployment rate rises to 3.7% amid cost of living crisis according to ONS

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7% according to ONS

People walk near the Job Centre in Westminster.

Unemployment rate increases as UK economy heads for recession

Wage values fall.

Action call as inflation outstrips wage rises

Wages have risen by around seven per cent, but it is not enough to keep up with the rising cost of living.

Northumberland wages not rising fast enough to keep up with cost of living

Coun Jeff Watson pictured in his Amble West with Warkworth ward. Picture by Jane Coltman.

Cost of living in the spotlight at meeting

Unemployment in Northumberland is below the English average.

Unemployment in Northumberland below English average

Benefits claims still high

One in 17 claim jobless benefits in Northumberland

Niamh Corocoran

More than 16,000 still on furlough in Northumberland

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