Covid-19: Two-thirds of poorest workers have lost jobs or been furloughed
Some political stories are very straightforward, and don’t need any explanation or debate. This appears to be one of them:
Nearly two thirds of the poorest workers have been furloughed, lost their job or had their hours or pay reduced during the pandemic, new research suggests.
Analysis from the Social Metrics Commission found 65% of workers deemed in “deep poverty” – living on less than half of what they need to stay above the poverty line – have suffered a negative hit to their livelihoods.
This compares to 35% of employed adults living more than 20% above the poverty line prior to the crisis.
The report warned that many people living in poverty could see their situation worsen, while those close to the poverty line risk falling below it due to changes to their employment prospects.
It comes as big firms cut 4,500 jobs in the first two working days of August as the Government’s furlough scheme begins to wind down.
A fifth of employees in deep poverty before coronavirus said they had since lost their jobs, compared to 7% of adults more than 20% above the poverty line.
More than a third (36%) of people at least 50% below the poverty line had been affected, compared to 22% of those more than 20% above the poverty line.
Workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic background were more affected than white people, with 10% of BAME workers hit compared to 8% of their white peers.
More than half (56%) of 18-to-24-year-olds working prior to the pandemic have experienced some kind of negative impact on their employment, compared to roughly a third of 25-to-54-year-olds previously working.
Younger people were also more than twice as likely to say they had been lonely during the pandemic than those over the age of 65.
These outcomes are not caused by Covid-19.
They have been caused by Tories. Remember that.
Source: Two thirds of poorest workers have lost jobs or been furloughed during coronavirus – Mirror Online
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They started it as far back as March and now it is solidly established.
Rubbish!
They said it but we know it’s a lie.
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