UK unemployment rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December.The unemployment rate was 8.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the highest for 16 years.
The unemployment total for 16-24 year olds rose 22,000 to 1.04m million in the quarter, taking the unemployment rate in the 16-24 age group to 22.2%.
The retail sector is one of the country's biggest employers, with an estimated three million people working in thousands of shops across the UK.
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