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REDUNDANCIES in Britain hit a record high in the three-month period to September this year, new figures revealed today.
Around 314,000 redundancies were registered between July and September — higher than any other point on record, including the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath — which is an increase of 181,000 redundancies to the previous quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Since the pandemic struck in March, around 782,000 people have been made redundant, according to the ONS.
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