In the United Kingdom, no major newspaper sold more than one million copies each day, since customers bought less often during the lockdown. Prior to the coronavirus, newspapers were already experiencing declining print sales, and tales concerning the steady collapse of newspapers have been widespread in recent years. However, even with sales falling, most papers did quite well financially: according to research conducted by the Press Association, only 1 in 20 journalists was made redundant in 2018. Now that life has returned to some degree to normal, people are buying newspapers again. On the first day after the lockdown ended, over 2 million copies of The Sun were sold, making it the best-selling paper in Britain. Other papers also saw huge increases in sales on this first day back at work: The Daily Telegraph sold 3 million copies, The Times 8 million, and The Guardian 2 million. Daily newspaper sales are expected to rise by up to 30% as people look for news and information about how they can break out of the quarantine lifestyle. However, these figures may not last since people are buying fewer daily copies than before the pandemic. According to the Office of National Statistics, newspaper sales declined by 11.4% in 2019, the second largest drop since records began in 1950. Overall, newspaper sales have dropped by almost half since their peak in 2003.