UK unemployment rate jumps to record high in three years as pandemic leading to more job losses

People walk past a temporarily-closed restaurant in London, Britain, on Oct. 13, 2020. The British unemployment rate surged to a three-year high at 4.5 percent from June to August 2020 as the country's labor market continued to be hit significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is expected to render more people jobless in winter, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Han Yan)