LONDON (AP) - Britain's unemployment rate has risen to 8 percent as the number of people out of work reached a 17-year high of more than 2.5 million, an official report said Wednesday.

Gains in the number of people working in the private sector were not enough to offset growth in the labor pool and public sector job cuts, causing the increase in the unemployment rate, the Office for National Statistics said.     http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9M0ANE81

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