UK's lowest earners bear the brunt of COVID job hit - survey
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's lowest-earning workers have suffered the biggest jobs hit since the coronavirus crisis engulfed the country, a survey showed on Saturday.Of the lowest-paid fifth of employees, 25% had been temporarily laid off and 5% had lost their jobs altogether, the survey by the Resolution Foundation think-tank showed.But fewer than one in ten of the top fifth of earners had been affected, with only 6% furloughed and 3% losing their jobs.Under the government's emergency..