Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailCoronavirus has wiped out any hope of “levelling up” the UK with the crisis set to hit the north hardest economically. Some 36% of people in the North East and North West work in the occupations most impacted by the lockdown, compared to just 32% in London. London is split, with a higher proportion of people in ‘shutdown sectors’ but also a higher proportion of people in higher socioeconomic groups and able to work from home. In addition to the uneven regional impact, the coronavirus crisis risks widening social inequalities. Learning and Work Institute is calling for government to plan to mitigate the risk for young people, women, and those with lower levels of qualifications who are all at greater risk.

Source: Daily Mirror April 10, 2020 20:59 UTC