Unemployment Up By 3,000 In The North East

20 March 2013, 09:43 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

Unemployment in the North East's gone up by 3,000 in the three months between November and January

Figures released today show the number of people out of work in the region has gone up.

Nationally, unemployment has increased for the first time in a year, delivering a pre-Budget blow to the Government.

The jobless total jumped by 7,000 to 2.52 million, ending a run of reductions, with all the increase caused by more 18 to 24-year-olds becoming unemployed.

North East  Stats

* Unemployment up by 3,000 between November and January
* 9.8 % of people in the region are out of work - the highest unemployment rate in the country
* 127,000 people are unemployed in the North East
* Unemployment has fallen by 12,000 in the region compared to this time last year