730,000 UK jobs have been lost since March - with unemployment levels now at their lowest since 2009

Analysts are concerned that the winding-down of the furlough scheme could see thousands more made redundant (Photo: Shutterstock)

Official figures have shown that employment levels in the UK dropped by a record amount for over a decade between April and June 2020.

The last largest quarterly decrease in employment was recorded between May and July 2009, in the wake of the 2008 global financial crash.

The National Office for Statistics (ONS) has released figures showing that the number of people in work between April and June 2020 fell by 220,000 on the quarter. The worst-affected groups have been the oldest workers, the youngest workers and those in manual occupations, the ONS reported.