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Staff layoffs in UK gain pace amid Trump tariff turmoil and labour cost increases

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Human resources association, CIPD , said confidence levels slumped to an all-time low.

Job cuts prompted job cuts and a widespread hiring freeze in April .

National insurance and the rise in the national living wage were blamed for the drop.

The chancellor Rachel Reeves hopes surveys will show a rebound in confidence during the summer .