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  "path": "/uk-jobless-rate-hits-highest-in-a-decade-outside-covid/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T09:28:42.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The chance of a British interest rate cut has risen after labour figures showed the unemployment rate rose to the highest level since 2015 outside the pandemic.",
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