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10,000 Jobs In UK Go Unfilled, While Claimant Count Rises

Unemployed British construction workers protest outside the Isle of Grain power station in Rochester, southeast England
In a reflection of how the British workforce’s skills might not match up with the requirements of available work, May figures from the Department and Work and Pensions (DWP) indicated that 10,000 jobs remained unfilled over the past three months or more at Jobcentre Plus, despite a rise in the number of people filing for unemployment insurance benefits.
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