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Unemployment in the UK hit 5.4% this week, an ominous sign of what is about to hit our economy is facing. Warnings of further rises on their way.

24% of private tenants are now behind on their rent by at least one month. Soon the Great Eviction process will start, and we will all feel the fallout.

Councils have been told that they should look locally and not to central Government for help in balancing the 2021 books. Instead, they will need to increase Council Tax by up to 8%.

There are few people who have gotten this far into the pandemic without feeling its financial implications. As COVID-19 has swept around the world, many people in the UK are struggling to make ends meet through furloughs, job losses and economic uncertainty.

In a blow to UK employment, 58% of UK SME bosses say that they will not rehire all of their furloughed staff after restrictions end.