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Elena Magrini

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits continues to rise, with the biggest rises in the past month in large cities and towns in the South East.

Valentine Quinio

Crawley remains the city with the highest share of eligible workers on furlough.

Elena Magrini, Kathrin Enenkel and Lahari Ramuni

Cities are using their knowledge of their local area to support people train and find a job, but the support they can provide is limited by red tape.

Elena Magrini

The latest data shows that while no city or large town has high-take up of Job Retention Scheme but low claimant count, many do have high unemployment claims and lower levels of people on furlough.

Simon Jeffrey

While the Chancellor made a series of national announcements in the Summer Statement, they will play out differently across the country.

Elena Magrini

If April claimant count data suggested cities and large towns in the North and Midlands were hardest hit, May's release shows that cities with strong economies in the South of England are now catching up.

Elena Magrini

New Job Retention Scheme data shows that firms in different places are taking varying decisions as to how to deal with the current uncertainty. This has implications for their ability to recover as the lockdown ends.