Labour leader, Keir Starmer MP, has called for targeted support for domestic tourism jobs, as Labour analysis shows tourist hotspots are being disproportionately affected by the growing unemployment crisis.
Ahead of a visit to Falmouth in Cornwall to meet local businesses, Starmer praised the UK’s world-class tourism destinations but warns that tourist towns are “falling through the cracks” as the Government prepares to wind down the furlough scheme.
Starmer has called for more targeted, flexible support to protect jobs in communities reliant on tourism, where many businesses are still unable to operate at full capacity and have seen the profitable summer season cut short.
Analysis of ONS unemployment and labour market data by the Labour Party has found that areas with a larger share of the local workforce in tourism industries have, on average, seen larger rises in the claimant count of unemployment since February.