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On 25 November 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a Spending Review which revealed that the United Kingdom will face the worst slump in 300 years due to the impact of COVID-19. The anticipated slump this year will be near to −10%, such significant economic decline that it could surpass the Great Frost of 1709. The economic report ...
Roughly 1.3 million UK people have "long Covid", symptoms lasting over four weeks following initial infection, according to an Office for National Statistics survey. The ONS survey, during four weeks in November and December 2021, claims, of those with long Covid: "51% have fatigue. 37% have loss of smell.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was a furlough scheme announced by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 20 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [1] The scheme was announced as providing grants to employers to pay 80% of a staff wage and employment costs each month, up to a total of £2,500 per ...
Unemployment rate 1881 to 2017 [1] Unemployment in the United Kingdom is measured by the Office for National Statistics. As of February 2024, the U.K. unemployment rate is 3.8%, down from 3.9% in January. [2][3] In the three-month figures (July to September 2022) [4][needs update] the unemployment rate was estimated at 3.6%, which is 0.2 ...
Unemployment figures show that UK unemployment rose to 4.1% in the three months to July, up from 3.9% on the previous quarter. Chancellor Rishi Sunak says looking for new ways to protect jobs is his "number one priority" while Labour calls for the furlough scheme to be extended. [268]
According to a June 2022 study published in The Lancet, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom prevented an additional 507,000 deaths from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. [ 15 ][ 16 ] Progress, as of 6 October 2021 [update] Home nation. Doses administered per 100 people. United Kingdom.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in [until when?] 24,974,629 [2] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [2] deaths.
March 2021 ›. The Winter Economy Plan was a statement from the British Government, or mini-budget statement, delivered on 24 September 2020 by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It succeeded the summer statement held earlier in the year, and was a partial replacement to the cancelled budget scheduled for the Autumn.