Coronavirus: Impact on the labour market
This paper tracks the evolving impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the labour market.

This briefing on the Child Poverty Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.
Child Poverty Bill. Bill 112 of 2008-09 (714 KB, PDF)
This briefing on the Child Poverty Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.
Child Poverty Bill. Bill 112 of 2008-09 (714 KB, PDF)
This paper tracks the evolving impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the labour market.
Please note: for information on accessing food banks and food parcels during the pandemic please see our briefing Coronavirus: Support for household finances. For an account of developments in food bank activity over the crisis period see section 2 of this paper, Food Banks in the UK. Recent research means we have increasing amounts of data on food banks, giving us a fuller picture of their provision across the UK, and providing a more detailed picture of the characteristics of food bank users.
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.