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Elena Magrini

Just a year ago, Crawley was counted among the most economically successful cities and large towns in the country, but the collapse of the international travel industry has raised concerns about the town's future.

Elena Magrini

The pandemic has made levelling up four times harder and it risks levelling down otherwise economically successful parts of the country as well.

Elena Magrini

Skills are a key determinant of the success of people and places. Levelling up must address the root causes that are holding cities and large towns back.

Elena Magrini

Despite claimant count remaining unchanged or declining in almost every city and large town over the past month, places are entering this second lockdown in a much weaker position than in March.

Elena Magrini and Pawel Adrjan

Job postings are slower to recover where more people work from home and high-street footfall remains low, making it harder for redundant workers to find jobs.

Elena Magrini

While over the summer many social distancing restrictions were lifted almost everywhere, this was not reflected in the same way in local labour markets.

Paul Swinney

This is the first recession where real time data from private companies is giving up to date information on the performance of the economy. It’s time the public sector caught up.

Elena Magrini

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.

Elena Magrini and Pawel Adrjan

In the UK, competition for jobs has risen most in places where work was already hardest to find, raising concerns about widening geographic inequality.