U.K. Labor Market Strengthens as Lockdown Easing Spurs Hiring
The U.K. jobs market strengthened for a sixth month in May as the economy took a further stride out of the coronavirus lockdown.The number of employees on payroll surged 197,000 from April, the biggest gain on record and vacancies climbed, Office for National Statistics figures published Tuesday show. In the three months through April, the jobless rate fell to 4.7%. The number of people in work rose by 113,000.The U.K. labor market is faring far better than had been feared, with government wage
