 THE size of the unemployment crisis facing Britain was laid bare today when official figures showed benefits claims soaring and job vacancies plummeting. After years of a near jobs miracle that saw record numbers in employment, Covid-19 is taking a brutal toll. Figures from the ONS today show that the number of staff on UK payrolls fell by 612,000 between March and May. While the headline unemployment rate is steady at 3.9 far better than the 4.7 forecast economists say thats a false reality with trouble coming soon. 