Surge in part-time workers as job vacancies rise
The unemployment picture continues to improve, but there are doubts about the impact of Omicron. …
However, there was a modest impact from the end of the furlough scheme. On the monthly measure, unemployment in October, the first full month after the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, was up to 4.3% from 4.0% the month before. That represents an increase of 77,500.