Benefit claims jump in London amid push to get more jobless people back to work - new map

Purple shows biggest yearly jump in benefit claims in London of between 22 per cent and 46 per cent - (Commons Library)

Benefit claims have jumped in north London, according to official figures.

They showed the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits rising by at least a third in a year in Harrow West, Enfield North, Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, Ealing North, as well as in Poplar and Limehouse.