Payroll data showed that 650,000 jobs had been created since March, before restrictions were relaxed. The numbers remain 206,000 below pre-Covid levels, however, at 28.9 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. SponsoredEconomists said the jobs market was “well on its way to recovery” after solid monthly data on employment, redundancies, vacancies and pay, raising hopes that employers will pick up the slack as the furlough scheme is withdrawn. Close to two million people remain on furlough. Starting this month employers had to pay 10 per cent of staff wages and the

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 07:52 UTC