MORE grim news on rising dole queues is due today with official figures set to show UK unemployment approaching 2.5 million in the three months to July.
Unemployment is running at a 14-year high due to the recession but has not topped 2.5 million since November 1994.
The human cost of the slump will also be underlined with the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work edging closer to the landmark of one million - sparking fears of a new lost generation' of young people.
Union-backed group Youth Fight for Jobs is protesting outside Parliament today, displaying a giant CV with skills not being used due to the recession.
The Government has promised jobs or training to 18 to 24-year-olds who have been out of work for more than a year, but the action group says this does not go far enough.
Organiser Sean Figg said: "The vast bulk of placements they are offering are available only to 18 to 24-year-olds, and are explicitly limited to six months - what about the rest of unemployed young people?"
Youth unemployment is set to spiral further in the months ahead as former students and school leavers enter the worst jobs market in a generation.
Even as the recession ends, experts say it will not bring any significant cheer in jobs for a year.
IHS Global Insight, said unemployment looks set to reach 3 million in 2010.
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