GDP: TUC warns against recovery losing momentum with abrupt end to JRS

Commenting on the monthly GDP figures published today (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show UK GDP rising 6.6% in July but still 11.7% below the position in February, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

"The big danger now is that the recovery loses momentum because of a surge in unemployment when the job retention scheme ends. The government must not throw away the good work of the scheme by ending it too abruptly. We need a successor scheme for businesses with a viable future that need support for longer."