Tonight: Part time Britain
As employers reduce hours to reduce costs - how is underemployment changing the way we work?
Will employment's magical levitating trick continue?
Unemployment in the UK fell throughout 2012, but will Tuesday's latest figures mean more positive news at the start of 2013?
Graduate spends £500 on billboard for media job
An unemployed graduate has used his last £500 on a billboard advert to try and get himself a job.
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Labour: Govt has failed to get Britain back to work
Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne has said the latest unemployment figures are "definitive proof the Government has simply failed to get Britain back to work."
Unemployment increased by 15,000 between January and March to 2.52 million.
Mr Byrne said the Government had done nothing in the Queen's Speech to help solve the "jobs crisis" and instead Tory MPs were bickering over Europe.
"Families struggling for work will be asking quite simply, what planet are these people on?"
103,000 in UK employment from Romania and Bulgaria
New figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal estimated levels of employment in the UK for those aged 16 and over from the EU were 1.4m with 103,000 from Romania and Bulgaria.
This is a change of 13,000 between the period of January to March 2012 and January to March 2013 but a change of -0.3% with an increase of population from these countries factored in.
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Employment minister: 'We are not complacent'
– Minister for Employment Mark HobanWe are seeing continuing falls in the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance which is positive. Whilst there has been a disappointing increase in the headline rate of unemployment, we shouldn't forget the progress we are making.
We are not complacent. To win the global race we need to do all that we can to help people achieve their aspiration to look after themselves and their families.
A breakdown of the latest ONS labour market figures
This video released by the Office for National Statistics breaks down the latest labour market estimates covering the period January to March 2013.
Average UK earnings increased by 0.4% to March
Average UK earnings increased by 0.4% in the year to March, the growth rate has not been lower since March to May 2009, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Regular pay rose by 0.8% over the same period, the lowest growth rate since comparable records began in 2001.
Jobseeker's allowance claims fall to 1.52 million
The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance last month fell by 7,300 to 1.52 million, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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UK unemployment increases by 15,000 to 2.52m
UK unemployment increased by 15,000 between January and March to 2.52 million, official figures have revealed.
But the figures were down 92,000 from the previous year.
Youth unemployment in Greece hits 64.2 percent
by James Mates - Europe Editor
Youth unemployment (18-24) in Greece has reached a barely believable 64.2 percent. That's almost three times what it was five years ago.
MEPs expect unemployment in Europe to 'get worse'
Most MEPs expect unemployment in Europe to get worse over the next 12 months, according to a new ComRes poll.
Results from the poll suggest the majority of MEPs believe the jobs market will remain the same or worsen.
However, marginally more MEPs said they expected economic growth to improve slightly next year.
A third of politicians from the European Parliament added that they expect inflation to decline in the same period.
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Full facts and figures on the UK's labour market
The facts and figures behind today's rise in the jobless total have been pulled together into a video by the Office For National Statistics.
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