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Have we really lost hundreds of thousands of workers since Covid?

12 December 2023

7:37 PM

12 December 2023

7:37 PM

The jobs market appears to be slowing down, but can we trust the figures? Vacancies have fallen for the longest continuous period on record, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But there are still just under 950,000 jobs on offer which is well above the pre-lockdown norm.

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