CityTracker

Unemployment update, July 2010

• City by city
• Hardest hit, and least bad
• Youth unemployment

CityTracker

Our data microsite - City Tracker - charts the impact of the recession on UK cities, looking at the rising numbers claiming Jobseeker's Allowance from city to city since February 2008, when unemployment started to rise. For more information, contact Rosamund Taylor.

Signup to receive a monthly City Tracker bulletin on the day of the data release.

Cities Outlook

Cities Outlook is our annual flagship report, charting the economic performance of 64 of the UK's largest cities and towns. Over the last year the recession has hit cities hard, and put a decade of urban renaissance on hold. Unemployment has risen sharply, particularly among young people. The cities hit hardest have been those with lowest skills, and employment in exposed sectors. The priority for the next year needs to be to get the UK back on a path to balanced growth and economic resilience. Strengthening cities' roles as centres for business and jobs needs to be based on an understanding of the economic roles of different places.