UK unemployment change, up to 5-year high

New jobseeker allowance claims in the UK have increased in September to their highest levels in five years, according to data by the Office for National Statistics published on Wednesday.New jobless claims increased in September by 10,200 to 962,000, the highest level seen since December 2001, while the experts expected a decline by 1,000. Unemployment in England has risen in 16 of the last 19 months, and this rise is the largest since March, when 12,800 new laid –off workers applied for unemployment benefits.August decline has been revised, from the initial 3,000 to 2,200, and the claimant count has increased by 82,700 over the year, but the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.0%.