Bolton Female Employment Falls to 63% as Burnham's Bee Network Misses Local Trips
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 29
Bolton Female Employment Falls to 63% as Burnham's Bee Network Misses Local Trips
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 29
Summary
Bolton's female employment rate fell almost 3 percentage points over the past decade to 63%, the lowest share among Greater Manchester's boroughs, while Wigan also moved backward.
Women in deprived districts told Bloomberg the Bee Network is built around commuting into city and town centers, but poorly serves local journeys tied to nurseries, shops, hospitals and care work.
That gap hits women with childcare responsibilities especially hard because they are more likely to make multi-stop, cross-district trips rather than direct commutes, according to the Women's Budget Group.
The transport criticism sharpens a broader challenge for Andy Burnham, who is promoting Greater Manchester's boom as a model for cutting UK inequality even as female employment has weakened in parts of the region.