Fresh redundancies as Tesco cuts 4,500 jobs at 153 outlets

Job losses come as supermarket aims to slash £1.5bn from costs

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Tesco will cut around 4,500 staff in a fresh round of redundancies at the UK's leading supermarket chain.

The grocery giant, which employs about 340,000 people in the UK and Republic of Ireland, said the majority of the jobs will be lost at 153 mid-size Metro stores. Others will be cut from the smaller Express chain of shops and the larger superstores.

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