The pandemic has already cost nearly a million workers their livelihoods. Labour said Boris Johnson must “wake up” and experts have warned worse is in store.
And official figures out on Wednesday are expected to confirm Britain is in recession for the first time since 2009. Immediate action must be taken by the Government to get people back to work, unions have warned as dire figures showed the extent of the jobs bloodbath.
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The alarm bells couldn’t be ringing any louder.” About 730,000 people were removed from company payrolls between March and the end of July.
While the number of self- employed slumped by a record 238,000 between March and June, with many throwing in the towel as work dried up
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