UK suffers largest job losses in EU

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

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...