What an effective vaccine might mean for a jobs recovery in the UK
- Written by Peter Urwin, Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster
Have we been saved from the worst unemployment levels since 2013?Cubankite/shutterstockA doubling of unemployment in the UK. That’s what we were facing, according to the Bank of England, which predicted a rise to 7.75% by 2021, the highest since 2013. That was, until news broke of possible vaccines with efficacy of more than 90%.
It has been...