UK suffers largest job losses in EU

The UK suffered the largest job losses in Europe in the first three months of this year, a new report has revealed.

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An EU body which monitors employment markets says the number of "announced" job losses in the 27 member states was just under 220,000 between the start of 2009 and March 31 - 63,330 of them in the UK. The EU-wide figures jobless total is the largest fall in a similar period since the organisation, Eurofound, was set up in 2002 to study employment "restructuring". More...