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But that's only the claimant count, Fallon says.
The claimant count total now stands at 1,580,900.
The claimant count dropped by 4,100 people in December to 1.46 million, and the ONS also revised November's claimant count figure to show a 3,200 decline.
But January's rise in the claimant count is a worrying portent.
August's claimant count was revised upwards from 1,600 to 2,700.
In earlier downturns, the jobless have been pushed off the claimant count and onto incapacity benefit.
May's increase was the largest rise in the claimant count since July 2009.
The unemployment claimant count stormed to an 11-year-high in September.
Unlike the claimant count, this is not affected by changes to the benefits regime.
City economists had predicted an immediate rise in the claimant count measure of unemployment in July.
Falling claimant count unemployment disguised high levels of ingrained joblessness in Britain's old industrial regions.
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