Between 1.1 million to 1.6 million workers remain on full or partial furlough as taxpayer aid for the wage support scheme prepares to be eased further, according to official estimates
The sums are remarkable given the scale of the damage to employment and earnings during the crisis.
But the Treasury said almost three million people had moved off the furlough scheme since March and it was clear, from the ONS data, that the situation had improved further. The cliff edge has prompted warnings, in some quarters, of a flood of job losses given a continuing squeeze on businesses in areas such as travel and events.
It also reported that the percentage of businesses currently trading had remained broadly unchanged, from 89% in early June to 88% in late July.
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