Claim: 50,000 retail jobs were axed in the first half of this year.
Fact-check: How many retail jobs have been lost this year? - Full Fact
Verdict: this refers to businesses in all sectors who publicly announced job losses. over the long term the number of uk retail jobs appear stable, but jobs in other sectors are growing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-07-04T00:00:00