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South West jobs market recovers but wage growth lags behind inflation

Huge drop in benefits claimants across region and lots of jobs available but soaring cost of living outstrips pay rises

Birmingham Post

Registered Covid deaths in England fall for second week in row

A total of 1,242 deaths registered in the week ending February 4 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, the Office for National Statistics said.

The Independent UK

Covid-19 deaths fall again as Boris Johnson looks to end pandemic rules in England

Another week-on-week fall in registered deaths mentioning Covid on death certificate

Wales Online

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Boris Johnson warns threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine remains but hopes for ‘diplomatic opening’ – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘intelligence is not encouraging’ and reveals Russian field hospitals in Belarus appear to be part of invasion preparations

The Guardian - UK

Scotland’s unemployment remains near same rate as previous quarter, figures show

Employment Minister Richard Lochhead said ‘early estimates’ show there were 2.4 million payrolled employees in the country in January 2022.

The Independent UK

UK wage growth picks up in January but fails to keep pace with inflation

Office for National Statistics says annual pay grew by 4.3% in three months to December

The Guardian - UK

UK pay growth lags behind inflation; company insolvencies rise – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Jobs market rebounds further but pay growth lags behind inflation

The Office for National Statistics said the number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 108,000 between December and January to 29.5 million.

The Independent UK

Renters more likely to have higher cost from home working, ONS study finds

People with children and renters more likely to have seen rise in spending for energy and internet access

The Guardian - UK

New figures show people of Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage most at risk during second Covid wave

White British people were more likely to test positive in wave three

Wales Online

Nearly 9 in 10 home workers see rise in bills as cost of living surges

More than 1 in 3 Brits continue to work from home despite easing coronavirus restrictions

Evening Standard

One in 25 teachers and social care workers self-isolating at end of January

Nearly one in 20 of the working-age population in England were in self-isolation at the peak of the Omicron wave.

The Independent UK

Like most, I relish life opening up. But this libertarian dash for the Covid exit is reckless

Will the end of restrictions usher in a change in Britons’ behaviour, or will we continue to live by our own calculations of pleasure and risk?

The Guardian - UK

Covid led to more mothers opting for home births

Some 14,281 mothers across England and Wales gave birth at home in 2020

Wales Online

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Manchester Evening News

‘I have to choose between a job I want and a baby - it shouldn't be this way'

“I’m hoping one day soon we’ll be in a position to be able to have a baby, but it never could have happened before I was 30”

The Guardian - UK

UK Treasury pushes to end most free Covid testing despite experts’ warnings

Most PCR testing for people with symptoms could be scrapped by end of March in plans to ‘live with virus’

The Guardian - UK

UK exports to EU fell by £20bn last year, new ONS data shows

Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%

Wales Online

Covid expert on reinfections: Are they milder and do they strengthen immunity?

Reports of reinfection have become common, especially since the emergence of the omicron variant

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The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 cases still being missed from official figures

High levels of under-reporting are exposing the limitations of the daily case numbers.

The Independent UK

Wales could see all restrictions lifted by end of March, minister claims

Vaughan Gething MS took part in the Welsh Government’s three-week review press conference on Friday.

The Conversation

COVID reinfections: are they milder and do they strengthen immunity?

We’ve known since early on in the pandemic that COVID reinfections could occur. One of the first reinfections reported was in a 33-year-old man from Hong Kong. His initial infection was diagnosed on March 26 2020, with his second infection, with a genetically distinct virus, being diagnosed 142 days later.

The Independent UK

Latest Covid data shows where in UK infections are rising and falling

Prevalence highest in the South East, where 5.8 per cent of the regional population had Covid last week

The Independent UK

Non-EU imports overtook trade with the bloc last year

New data from the Office for National Statistics show the UK imported £222 billion worth of goods from the European Union last year after Brexit.

The Guardian - UK

Met police did not initially investigate No 10 parties because nobody admitted taking part, legal paper shows – as it happened

Metropolitan police did not investigate lockdown-breaching party claims because there was no social media footage, legal papers show

Wales Online

UK economy grew 7.5 per cent in 2021 amid pandemic rebound

Record gross domestic product growth came after a 9.4% slump in the economy in 2020

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