Official figures have shown that the number of people out of work in the UK has risen to its highest level since 1995

Unemployment in the uk increased by 220,000 to 2,435,000 in the three months to June 2009 , taking the jobless rate to 7.8%.

Claims for unemployment benefit were the highest in 12 years, increasing by 24,900 in July 2009 to 1.58 million.

The figures come as the Bank of England’s latest quarterly inflation report warned that the UK economy still had a fair way to go before it recovered from the effects of the current financial crisis.