Between March 2020 and Jan 2021, 1.3 million people lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. The next step for the Government will be to get those who have lost their jobs back into the labour market as it balances the phasing out of support for workers and businesses with lifting restrictions.
Centre for Cities’ Cities Outlook 2021 highlighted the stark inequalities that exist in terms of access to job opportunities and education across the UK. Much of this inequality comes down to differences in industrial structure within cities, as shown by City Monitor. For example, London is home to almost 25 per cent of knowledge intensive private-sector jobs, compared to just over 5 per cent in Burnley.
If the Government is to successfully address this inequality, its levelling up agenda should focus on investing in skills and improving office working space and city-region transport infrastructure to attract more high-knowledge businesses to underperforming places.
A year on from the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, 4.5 million workers are still reliant on it. While in some parts of the country the situation is stabilising, the labour market in cities and large towns in the Greater South East continues to deteriorate.
Our analysis shows that coastal cities like Blackpool, Brighton and Bournemouth, tourist hotspots like London, York and Edinburgh and places reliant on the travel and aviation industry such as Crawley, Luton and Slough remain the most reliant on the furlough scheme.
According to our latest research in partnership with HSBC UK, almost 10 million new jobs will need to be generated to recover from the pandemic. This research looked at patterns of the past, specifically the UK’s jobs miracle between 2013 and 2019, to highlight how cities will play a particularly important role in the UK’s recovery, representing the main job creators post-Covid.
The Government should encourage a new wave of job creation to offset the 1.3 million posts lost as a result of Covid-19, driving productivity growth in the recovery phase.
While unemployment is on the rise everywhere, some parts of the country have been hit by Covid—19 more than others.
While the take-up of the Job Retention Scheme has increased everywhere in January to reflect the third lockdown, there are signs that things are less bad than during the first one.
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.
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.
After a small decline from May to June, unemployment claims are now back on the rise everywhere in the country.
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.
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.
Covid-19 is reshaping the economy, changing demand as well as ways of working.
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.
Uncertainty for self-employed people, home-working and the importance of agglomeration – the impact of Coronavirus on employment will be felt differently across the UK
Sunday’s announcement from the Prime Minister encouraging workers who cannot work from home to go back to work will be felt most in the North and Midlands.
In the UK, competition for jobs has risen most in places where work was already hardest to find, raising concerns about widening geographic inequality.
Technological changes, globalisation and other labour market trends, compounded with Covid—19, are reshaping the world of work, with implications for policy.
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.
There is a concern that school closures – albeit necessary for public health reasons – will further widen the gap between children living in disadvantaged areas and their better off peers.
How should the Government roll back its support in a way that allows growth to occur across the country?
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.
As robots take over the world of work, this report investigates the types of skills that humans will increasingly need to succeed in the future.
The Government yesterday unveiled its plan to adapt employment practices to the changing world of work, addressing the needs of new, emerging business models and of those workers on zero-hours...
Changes in the labour market and the gig economy are playing out differently across the country.
While unemployment rates are at a record low, many people remain excluded from the labour market. New research tries to count them across UK cities.
Cities can offer low-skilled people good economic outcomes that support inclusive growth aims, but inclusive growth cannot come without economic growth.
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While it may be comfortable for many older workers to remain at home, doing so risks limiting the professional development of the next generation.
Senior Analyst Elena Magrini on what the Government needs to do in skills policy to level up the UK.
Nobody yet knows what the future of post-pandemic work looks like, but it may not be as different as some expect.
Last week, voters in the West of England elected Dan Norris as their metro mayor. Researcher Guilherme Rodrigues takes a closer look at what the mayor will have to do to raise public awareness of his role and support the city-region in its future growth.
Job postings in cities and large towns in the North and Midlands are recovering fastest, while London and other cities are lagging.
Almost 10 million new jobs will need to be generated to recover from the pandemic, making job creation the most pressing policy challenge we face in the immediate future.
While retail and hospitality account for the largest shares of jobs on furlough across the country, the export base of some places has been particularly affected, raising concerns about their ability to bounce back.
Centre for Cities research reveals almost ten million new private sector jobs will need to be created to reverse the damage done by the pandemic.
Ensuring young people across the UK have access to relevant, good quality post-16 education and training options must be part of the Government's ‘levelling up’ agenda.
While the take-up of the Job Retention Scheme has increased everywhere in January to reflect the third lockdown, there are signs that things are less bad than during the first one.
