LONDON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 pandemic sent unemployment rate in London rocketing to 6.9 percent from September to November 2020, the highest level in Britain, prompting the London Assembly to make a call on Tuesday for an urgent action. The 25-member assembly made the call in response to London s latest unemployment data, published by the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday. Between September and November 2020, the unemployment rate across Britain rose to 5 percent, but for the three months London had the highest unemployment rate estimate in the country at 6.9 percent. Leonie Cooper, chair of the London Assembly Economy Committee said, Today s figures showing current unemployment levels in London are shocking, and are another stark reminder of the impact that COVID-19 has had on our economy.
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© Provided by Xinhua | A public notice asking passengers to wear a face covering is seen at a bus stop in London, Britain, on Jan. 19, 2021. (Xinhua/
British medical experts have called on the public to remain cautious despite the progress in vaccine rollout as Britain is still not out of woods in fighting coronavirus.Their appeal came after Britain on Tuesday reached the grave milestone of .
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LONDON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Britain s gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a 2.6 percent monthly fall in November 2020 amid further COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the country, following six consecutive months of growth, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Friday.
The ONS data showed that the November GDP fell back to 8.5 percent below the levels seen in February 2020 (before the pandemic) compared with 6.1 percent below in October 2020. All things considered, the 2.6 percent fall in November GDP was pretty mild given the national lockdown that was in place at the time, said James Smith, a developed markets economist at financial services firm ING.