The UK’s labour market experienced sharp growth in December despite a surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant and the British government implementing “Plan B” restrictions, data from the Office for National Statistics showed on Tuesday.
Employers added a record 184,000 staff to their payrolls in December, up 409,000 on the February 2020 level before the pandemic, bringing the total to 29.5 million employees in the UK.
