UK payrolled employment rises by record 241,000 in August14 Sep 2021 08:52
British employers added record a 241,000 staff to their payrolls last month, taking the total number of payrolled employees to just above the level they were before Britain first went into a COVID-19 lockdown last year, government figures showed on Tuesday.
Separate official data showed the unemployment rate was 4.6% in the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics said,a small fall in line with economists' expectations in a Reuters poll.
Tuesday's data show continued recovery in Britain's job market as the government phases out its furlough support programme, which will finish on Sept. 30.