Jobs on rise by 356,000

BRITAIN saw a record 356,000 increase in the number of workers on payrolls last month.

Vacancies also soared as the economy showed signs of recovery.

Payroll figures rose for the seventh month in a row, while firms hired at a blistering pace after indoor hospitality reopened ahead of restrictions lifting on Monday, said the Office for National Statistics.

“We are bouncing back,” said Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who added that “employees on payrolls is at its highest level since last April and the number of people on furlough halved in the three months to May.”