International migration figures have been making the headlines over the past few days, but I’ve been taking a look at migration within the UK – in particular at what’s happening in my home city of Manchester. Here’s what I’ve found.

More than 11,000 more people moved away from Manchester last year than moved to it, according to ONS estimated data on internal UK migration – the third highest net loss of any local authority.

Birmingham had the greatest net loss, of more than 16,000, while Newham in London lost more than 15,000 – with London as a whole losing more than 128,000 people to the rest of the country. The post-Covid exodus from the capital does not seem to have ended.