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Government Responds to Rising Unemployment by Announcing Additional £100m Funding for Retrainin

On the 15 October, unemployment figures revealed the biggest increase in quarterly unemployment for over 17 years, rising to a total of nearly 1.8 million. In response the Government has announced new funding of £100m over the next three years to help people who are currently facing redundancy and those looking for work to help them retrain and develop their skills so that they can quickly move back into sustainable employment, either in their existing sector or a new one.