Unemployment warning

The COVID Diaries – 92 28th June

Labour’s shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has warned of “Thatcher levels” of unemployment if chancellor Rishi Sunak fails to support businesses as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 crisis.

Miliband unveiled analysis suggesting that up to one million people could be added to the current jobless total of 2.8 million unless extra support is given from August.