LONDON, June 16 — The number of people on British company payrolls fell by more than 600,000 in April and May as the coronavirus lockdown hit the labour market, and vacancies plunged by the most on record, official data showed today. The jobless rate unexpectedly held steady at 3.9 per cent over...
A store worker walks with equipment, amid the spread of Covid-19 in Oxford Street in London, Britain June 14, 2020. — Reuters pic
The data also covered the period before the Covid-19 crisis escalated when Britain's labour market remained strong. The ONS reported the largest quarterly decrease to the vacancies total since it began measuring them in 2001 with a fall of 342,000 to 476,000.
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