Britain’s employment drops most since 2009 as labour crisis looms


LONDON: UK employment fell by the most since the global financial crisis at the height of the nation’s coronavirus lockdown, in a taste of a mounting labour-market crisis.

The number of Britons with jobs tumbled by 220,000 in April to June, the period that saw restrictions at their most severe. The Office for National Statistics said early indicators for July suggest that the number of employees on payrolls is down around 730,000 compared with March.

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