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Understanding commuting patterns from Census 2021

Categories: Census, Coronavirus, Economy, Population
London Underground during the pandemic

In March 2021, England and Wales was in the middle of a period of lockdown due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It was also a time when swathes of the workforce were on furlough, while many others were working from home. Today’s census results on the labour market and travel to work are reflective of this period of unparalleled and rapid change.

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Mind the gap: why the UK might not be the most regionally unequal country

Categories: ONS

The relative prosperity of our nations and regions has been under scrutiny again with claims that the UK’s regional inequalities are among the world’s most extreme. But when our regional divide is compared with those of other countries it’s often a case of not comparing like with like.

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