A REPORT commissioned by an urban think-tank shows unemployment rates vary dramatically across the News Shopper area.

Research group, Centre For Cities, looked at data in last year's Annual Population Survey to show unemployment rates across London.

Bromley was second only to the City of London in the employment league table with 81.2 per cent of residents employed in May last year.

Bexley was not far behind with 78.2 per cent, but Lewisham and Greenwich faired far worse with 68.7 per cent and 67.2 per cent respectively.

They were both in the bottom 15 of London's 33 boroughs.

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