UK unemployment rate hit 5.0 per cent at the end of last year due to the coronavirus fallout, the highest level since late 2016, official data showed  Tuesday.
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The rate for the three months to the end of November compares with 4.9 per cent in the quarter to October, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
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