The jobless number climbed 146,000 for the three-month period, data from the Office for National Statistics showed.
For January, the number of those getting jobseeker’s allowance added 73,800 to reach 1.23 million.
The unemployment rate hit 6.3%, the highest since 1998, and comes as The Bank of England recently warned of a “deep recession” for 2009.
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