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Virus crisis: 612,000 UK workers lose their jobs during lockdown

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Early estimates from the taxman suggest 163,000 people lost their jobs in May, on top of 449,000 the previous month, as the coronavirus crisis lockdown took its toll on the UK economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data covering the number of paid employees suggested a fall of 2% since the country entered effective hibernation in March.

Heathrow starts voluntary redundancy scheme, can't rule out more job losses

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow Airport, which before the coronavirus pandemic was the busiest in Europe, said it had started a voluntary redundancy scheme after passenger numbers fell to an all-time low and it could not rule out further job losses. Heathrow said that passenger numbers in May were down 97% and it was preparing for further declines due to Britain's quarantine rule.

UK jobs outlook gloomiest in nearly 30 years amid Covid-19 pandemic

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The outlook for jobs is the gloomiest in almost three decades, according to the latest employment survey by recruitment firm ManpowerGroup.

It found that companies in all big sectors of the economy are more likely to cut jobs than to hire people over the next three months, from July to September, the weakest forecast since records began in 1992.

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