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The number of people living in England and Wales identifying as Christian has fallen below half the population for the first time, while those identifying as Muslim or Hindu have registered a small rise, according to the latest census figures released on Tuesday.
Nearly one in six people living in England and Wales last year were born outside the country and Indians constituted the largest chunk at 1.5 per cent of residents, according to latest statistics based on the country's 2021 census data.
The UK's death toll now makes it just one of a number of countries to have crossed the 20,000 fatalities mark, after France, Spain, Italy and the United States.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced his government's decision to lift all the additional restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Omicron, including the mandatory wearing of face masks anywhere, from next Thursday after analysis showed that the new variant of Covid-19 has now most likely peaked in the country.
The announcement means no fans will be allowed from Saturday at the horse racing in Goodwood as well as the Crucible Theatre for the World Snooker Championships.
The figures show that the number of UK-born people in employment was 25 million over the three months to June, a fall of 50,000 people on a year earlier.
Downing Street also said that the Winter Plan will set out how people will be able to see their loved ones at Christmas, adding that ministers will be warning that this will not be a normal festive period.
The latest Office for National Statistics data takes the UK's figure past the 29,079 in Italy -- so far with the region's highest death toll from the deadly virus.
Addressing a virtual Downing Street press conference, Boris Johnson acknowledged the divided views on lifting all lockdown restrictions to declare that his update does not imply that the pandemic "is over".
His celebratory gesture on Thursday night marks a first for Downing Street, which annually sees the UK prime minister host a Diwali gathering and an Annakut, or spread of festive food, from London's Swaminarayan Mandir next door at No 10.
The number of individuals claiming unemployment benefits declined by 32,300 to 1.59 million.
Going by the latest data, the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 per cent to 7.9 per cent for the three months to April.
Jaguar's plan to cut 300 more jobs at its Halewood plant comes at a time when unemployment numbers in the UK have risen to record levels, at 2.38 million.
According to British Office for National Statistics, women in their forties were the biggest losers in the pay divide as they earned an average of 20 per cent less than the men. The findings revealed that female managers were likely to experience an even wider salary gap. Even as women start with earning roughly the same as men the pay divide widens with age after women interrupt their career to have children. Pay gap increases in line with the number of children a woman has.
Only half India's population has received the first shot of Covishield and Covaxin and the government's immediate task is to first vaccinate its adult population before placing its focus on children.
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