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For The One Show Anita Rani travelled to Liverpool, a city that was once by unemployment.

In 1982 unemployment figures topped three million for the first time since the Great Depression of the 30s.

Fast forward to 2008 and the number of in the UK soared in the three months to August by 164,000 compared to the previous quarter, the biggest rise for 17 years.

There are predictions that there could be two million jobless by Christmas, in the UK.

for the government guide to redundancy and the law.

Sudden redundancy and unemployment can mean stress and misery for families.

So please share your wisdom here - have you been unemployed? How did you cope? What advice for others do you have?