Tuesday, August 11, 2020

UK employment level declines by biggest amount in over a decade

Employment in the UK has fallen by the largest amount in more than a decade. 


The number of people in work decreased by 220,000 between April and June, according to the Office for National Statistics -- that's the largest quarterly decrease since the financial crisis of 2009. 


Yet, as Benji Hyer reports from London, that's not as much as initially feared. 


IN: The unemployment rate

OUT: SOC

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