Southwark universal credit claimants soared by 1,000 last month
Almost 40,000 Southwark residents are claiming universal credit due to the government’s economic “mismanagement”, a local politician has warned. Marina ...
Almost 40,000 Southwark residents are claiming universal credit due to the government’s economic “mismanagement”, a local politician has warned. Marina ...
Southwark residents also benefit from significantly higher levels of employment than others around the country.
'It’s hard to overstate how worried we are by these forecasts'
'There is a risk that the capital will emerge more unequal than before the pandemic'
'We have no idea how and when many of these jobs will come back'
5,000 already out of work in Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Unemployment is becoming an ever more pressing issue as the furlough scheme winds down.
'The scars of mass unemployment from the 1980s – particularly youth unemployment – are still remembered'
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