The number of people out of work in the UK is likely to continue to rise, official figures will show.

The figures will show an increase of at least 30,000 people unemployed to 1.75 million, the TUC has stated.

An extra £100m has been made available, by government, for re-training workers who may lose their jobs as a result of the economic slowdown.

Crunch puts pressure on those in debt

The latest news will be a blow to many people with debt problems and people struggling to make debt repayments.
The number of people unable to maintain debt repayments is likely to increase in line with the predicted rise in unemployment.

The official rise in the unemployment rate is up from 5.3% to 5.5%, and the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance is up by 32,500 in August to 904,900.