People living in Knowsley earn thousands of pounds less a year on average than people who commute to Knowsley to work.
For a person in full time employment who lives in Knowsley, this difference can be as much as £3,000 compared with someone who travels into the borough for their job. At a meeting of Knowsley council and partners yesterday, the head of policy and performance Debbie Loughlin referred to this earnings gap when discussing the borough’s economic growth.
Ms Loughlin said that while Knowsley had seen economic growth that is “not actually as bad as we thought it would be” post covid, with the borough doing better than elsewhere in the city region, one area where a clear gap remains is in the wage levels of local residents.
