Economics

EU Nationals Flee U.K. Workforce as Covid Crushes Hospitality

A waiter wearing a protective face mask serves customers sitting at a cafe's terrace in London.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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The number of European Union citizens working in the U.K. shrank to the lowest since 2015 as the hospitality industry buckled.