Updated
Tuesday, 26th January 2021, 8:06 pm
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust and the Industrial Communities Alliance commissioned a report from Sheffield Hallam University on the impact of Covid on local economies, labour markets and public health.
Trust chair Peter McNestry said: “Once again, we are left to try to pick up the pieces as our communities are hit by another crisis. After the losses of industry throughout the coalfields, then ten years of Government austerity, the effect of the pandemic cannot be ignored.
“This report provides the evidence in black and white that more needs to be done if our residents are ever to have a chance of moving forward.”