Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak reacts as he arrives in Downing Street in central London on September 8, 2021.
This in turn is severely disrupting the global supply chain, while Britain’s recent divorce from the European Union has exacerbated the problem in the UK.Shops are not receiving deliveries, including of staples such as milk, as post-Brexit rules make it harder to hire EU citizens, leaving haulage companies with a drastic shortage of lorry drivers.
The UK has more than one million job vacancies despite the furlough scheme supporting jobs at a cost of almost £70 billion .The ONS on Friday added that Britain’s total economic output remains 2.1 percent below its pre-pandemic level in February last year.“I am confident that… we’ll continue to recover from the pandemic, we’ll see more new jobs, and we will build back better,” he said in a statement.
July meanwhile saw all lockdown restrictions lifted in England, allowing people to visit shops and hospitality venues without having to wear masks.“After many months during which the economy grew strongly, making up much of the lost ground from the pandemic, there was little growth overall in July,” ONS statistician Jonathan Athow said Friday.
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