Airports warn of 20,000 job losses as Swissport downsizes | ITV News

If yesterday brought the good news many of us had been waiting for on pubs and hairdressers reopening, today we got a reminder of just how long and hard the road to economic recovery is likely to be.

Britain’s economy will shrink by more than 10 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund warned, far worse than it previously predicted.

Even by the end of next year, it does not expect us to have bounced back.

What will that look like in reality? Well, in another sign of the times, thousands more job losses were announced today; airport services firm Swissport is cutting more than half its UK workforce. Jobs are also set to go at P&O and Jet2.

And while little is certain right now, we can sadly predict they won’t be the last.

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