The lockdown of the economy has already caused a sharp rise in numbers claiming work-related benefits, including unemployment benefit. Jobs will become vulnerable as the Job Retention Scheme ends in March 2021. Major economic stimulus will be needed if we are to avoid mass unemployment. Hear from Cumbria LEP about their Covid-19 recovery plans; update on local government reorganisation across Cumbria; what future governance could look like post Covid-19 and  the TUC’s work on skills and recovery.