Robots ‘could make 400,000 West Yorkshire jobs obsolete in 20 years’, says report

Robots 'could make 400,000 West Yorkshire jobs obsolete in 20 years', says report

The study suggested the changes will not necessarily mean a loss of jobs overall, but warned inequality could get worse. Robots and automated technology threaten to make more than a third of jobs in West Yorkshire obsolete within 20 years, a report has warned.

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority study said more than 400,000 jobs in the region are at risk, with low-skilled and manual work potentially worst affected by automation.

The study suggested the changes will not necessarily mean a loss of jobs overall, but warned inequality could get worse as “lower paid workers (are) likely to be […]

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