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UK unemployment edges up in July but much worse expected

by Associated Press
| September 15, 2020 12:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — Unemployment in the U.K. edged up in July even though large sections of the British economy reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, a clear signal that the jobless rate is set to spike sharply higher when a government salary-support scheme comes to an end in the autumn.

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