Search results for ‘Unemployment’
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Young Black people ‘three times more likely to be unemployed’
The unemployment rate for Black people is more than twice the rate for the white population, and for young Black people it is even higher.
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Dozens dead as anti-government protests sweep Colombia
In Colombia, demonstrations which started against proposed tax reforms have turned into country-wide protests against poverty, inequality and unemployment. Nearly 50 people have died in the violence.
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One year on: How have businesses fared during lockdown?
A year of pandemic has had a catastrophic effect on the British economy. Unemployment has jumped by almost 700,000 and trillions of pounds have been knocked off the country’s output as companies struggle to survive.
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FactCheck: government won’t say how much tiered restrictions will cost economy
Official analysis published last night doesn’t shed any light.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns UK economy will shrink by 11% this year
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has spelled out the devastation inflicted on the economy by coronavirus.
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IMF forecasts little improvement in UK growth
As unemployment rises in the UK, the IMF is warning about the hit to living standards worldwide.
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The businesses that feel left behind by Sunak’s jobs support scheme
A day after the Chancellor unveiled his latest Job Support Scheme, the economic cost of the coronavirus crisis was laid bare again as government debt hit a record high of more than two trillion pounds.
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FactCheck: it’s almost impossible to say which country has the most generous furlough scheme
The complexities of the arrangements in various countries make it hard to say whether the UK’s subsidy scheme for workers is the “far more generous” than Britain’s neighbours, as Boris Johnson claimed this week.
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Coronavirus cases in India top two million as daily infections surge
India’s coronavirus crisis has reached a critical point – with soaring deaths and more than two million infections, the country is now recording the highest number of daily cases in the world. Since lockdown was imposed in March, unemployment has risen to more than 23 per cent – while millions of migrant workers have gone…
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Trump trails Biden in election polls – as he announces plans to tackle gun violence
In America, the latest polls show Donald Trump trailing his democratic rival Joe Biden by seven points.
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Netanyahu facing protests over corruption charges and coronavirus response
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing continued protests over charges of corruption and unease at his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘We face a severe economic shock as a consequence of the pandemic’ – Chief Secretary to Treasury Stephen Barclay
We speak to Stephen Barclay, who’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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Chancellor unveils £30 billion giveaway, including VAT cut and meal vouchers
It wasn’t called a budget, but with the raft of measures was much bigger than most fiscal statements.
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Companies shed permanent staff as effects of lockdown felt
Figures from the Office for National Statistics released today show the headline unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9% in the three months to April.
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FactCheck: has coronavirus destroyed more jobs than the Great Recession?
What we know so far about the effects of the crisis on unemployment.