UK unemployment rises at fastest rate in almost five years

Official figures reveal 1.47 million out of work as young people struggle to find jobsThe number of people out of work in Britain rose at the fastest rate in almost five years, official figures showed on Wednesday, fuelled by an increase in unemployment among young people under the age of 24. After an almost two-year period of continuous declines in unemployment to the lowest levels since the mid 1970s, the number of people out of work rose by 46,000 to 1.47 million in the three months to Decemb