UK Digital Industry Job Growth Falls to Lowest in Decade
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Job growth in the UK’s digital industry hit its lowest in a decade, prompting the incoming Labour government to pledge to revive the sector as it seeks to stimulate growth.
The number of jobs in the sector grew by just 0.3% last year — the lowest since a decline of 0.1% in 2013, according to Office for National Statistics data released on Thursday. Wider employment across the whole UK economy grew more than twice as fast, the data showed.