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Unemployment in Scotland rises to 4.6% as calls to extend furlough scheme grow
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dailyrecord.co.uklockdown. The jobless total increased to 4.6% between May and July and remains higher than in the rest of the UK.The figures were published this morning by the Office of National Statistics.Across the UK, unemployment increased by 0.2% to 4.1%.However, a much larger rise in job losses was prevented by the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme, otherwise known as furlough.The wage subsidy policy will come to an end soon and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon fears its withdrawal will lead to a "tsunami of redundancies".The same figures showed employment rose in Scotland by 0.1% to 74.3% in the same three month period.Jamie Hepburn, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills, said:“For the period May to July 2020,.
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