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UK job losses set to rise sharply as numbers on payroll sink

by Associated Press
| July 16, 2020 3:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — Unemployment across the U.K. has held steady during the coronavirus lockdown as a result of a government salary support scheme, but there are clear signals emerging that job losses will skyrocket over coming months to levels not seen since the 1980s.

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