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513,000 now claiming unemployment benefit

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

12:05 2 Apr 2020


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513,000 people are now claiming some form of unemployment benefit amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It includes almost 300 thousand people who've lost their jobs and are receiving a special pandemic payment.

It means more people are now claiming unemployment benefits than at the height of the crash.


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