Unemployment claims continue to rise, but at a slower pace, suggesting the gradual phase out of the job retention scheme has not translated into unemployment. At least not yet.
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September's update to the High Streets Recovery Tracker shows that the recovery of high streets has come to a stall in September.
City Talks
City Talks: Politicians on levelling up during the Covid-19 pandemicFour senior politicians on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the levelling up agenda - and why it's more important than ever.
While Central Government is having to deal with the effects of the pandemic, now is exactly the right time to be devolving responsibility and resources to cities and towns across the country, argues Andrew Carter.
Arguing for more balance in how money is allocated across the country does nothing to tackle the varied challenges different places face in improving their economies.
While the Treasury’s method of appraisal has been the focus of much recent ire, it is the lack of clear strategy from successive governments that should be the focus of the North’s frustrations.
The Prime Minister’s adult skills announcements are a welcome step to support people adapt to the changing labour market while helping places ‘level up’ – the next step should be investment in job creation.
In the UK, competition for jobs has risen most in places where work was already hardest to find, raising concerns about widening geographic inequality.
City Minutes
City Minutes: Re-writing the Green Book for levelling upAnthony Breach on how to reform the Government's Green Book to level up the country.
This report calls for a simplification of the Treasury's Green Book methodology, stronger local government, and a Government strategy and resources to achieve levelling up.