Amazon.com will hire 10,000 more people in Britain, taking its total headcount in the country to 55,000 by the end of 2021.

The jobs will be in corporate offices across London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cambridge, as well as roles in Amazon Web Services and operations, the company said in a statement on Friday. UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng welcomed the announcement, calling it a “huge vote of confidence in the British economy”...

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