Nearly 800,000 fewer workers on payrolls since pandemic - but joblessness now falling
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mirror.co.ukThe number of UK workers on payrolls has fallen by 772,000 since the pandemic struck, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed.
However unemployment is slowing falling, with the total number of people in jobs rising 97,000 between March and April as lockdown restrictions slowly eased.
The numbers are forecast to increase further over the next quarter as thousands more businesses return to trading, with ministers hoping to ease all restrictions by mid-June.
Overall, unemployment dropped slightly to 4.8% in the first quarter of the year as the jobs market showed "early signs of recovery", the figures show.
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