East Sussex County Council has produced an infographic detailing local unemployment figures. Some key points from the figures show that in East Sussex:
- 19,480 unemployed claimants of JobSeekers Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) (searching for work) in June 2020 (6.1% of working age people), down 6% since May 2020 but up 113% since March 2020.
- 1 in 9 young people (aged 18-24 – 4,065 young people) in the county are now claiming JSA or UC because they are unemployed.
- 95,900 (30% of working age people) are currently supported by government employment support schemes – up to 30 June 2020.
- There are a total of 144,140 (45% of all working age) people now on either UC, JSA or government support scheme (available data @ July 2020)