UK jobs outlook bites: Humber flagged as one of UK regions hit hardest by wage and employment pain, spotlighting its coastal economy and estuary role.
The Item Club has warned that the UK faces a year of job losses driven by higher energy costs and supply disruptions linked to the Iran war, with South Wales and the Humber hardest hit. London, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow are also expected to shed thousands of posts as discretionary spending contracts.