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With more than 6 million people unemployed for the first time, Spain s jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2% in the first quarter, the National Statistics Institute said Thursday, in another grim picture of the recession-wracked country.

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French jobless claims hit all-time high in March

The number of jobless people in France hit an all-time high in March, piling more gloom on cash-strapped households and fresh doubt on the government s pledge to reverse the unemployment trend by year-end.

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UK food bank users triple in a year as economic problems continue:

The largest food bank provider in the UK, warned the dramatic increase in the number of food bank users is to continue in the coming months due to the government s welfare reforms, including the 1 percent benefit cap, the bedroom tax, and the 10 percent cut in council tax support.

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