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UK unemployment expected to hit levels last seen in 1980s

by Associated Press
| June 16, 2020 5:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — Unemployment in the U.K. is widely expected to hit levels not seen since the mid-1980s over the coming months as a result of the coronavirus-induced recession.

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