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Around 730,000 people have lost their jobs in the UK since March's coronavirus lockdown this year, official statistics showed today.

Youngest and oldest bearing brunt of crisis largely caused by coronavirus pandemic

Record drop in hours worked as millions remain on furlough during coronavirus pandemic; official unemployment rate remains broadly unchanged

The decrease in employment in the U.K. between April and June was the largest quarterly fall since 2009, according to official data.

CONFIRMED coronavirus cases in the UK pushed about 1,000 a day for the first time at the weekend - exceeding a key target and triggering a dire warning from public health officials - with one accusing

Around 730,000 UK workers have been removed from the payrolls of British companies since March when the coronavirus lockdown began, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics.

UK unemployment since March rose to 730,000 after another 114,000 Brits lost their jobs last month. The fall in employment between April and June is the largest quarterly drop since 2009, the Offic…

The U.K. saw 94,400 more people file for unemployment benefits in July while hours worked fell to a record low.

UK unemployment continued to soar last month, a bleak update from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

UK suffers biggest job losses since 2009 as COVID hits

Covid crisis has continued trend of retail job losses across most regions, ONS figures show

The Government said 55 more people died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community in the UK since Friday, with another 758 confirmed coronavirus infections.

It is thought that as many as 16,000 people died because they didn't get medical care between March 23 and May 1, the height of the coronavirus lockdown in the UK.