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UK unemployment rising 'faster than Great Depression'

by Associated Press
| June 16, 2020 1:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — The number of people in the U.K. claiming job-related benefits increased by a monthly 23.3% in May to 2.8 million, according to official figures released Tuesday that likely underestimate the heavy toll on the labor market of the coronavirus lockdown.

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