How many jobs will YOUR area lose to robots? Interactive map lays bare how AI could put up to 2.9m people out of work by 2030 – with retail and transport the worst hit, research finds

• Analysis by Labour Red Shift group of MPs details job risks to across Britain
• Up to 2.9 million posts could be wiped out by the march of robots, study found 
• Liam Byrne, labour MP behind the research, said it is a wake up call to MPs

A new interactive map today lays bare the sheer scale of job losses that are believed to be on the horizon because of the rise rise of robots.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution will cost five times more working class jobs than the steel and coal mine closures of the 1980s, a report out today warns.

Analysis by Red Shift - a group of Labour MPs - found that between 2.1million and 2.9million working class jobs could be lost to automation by the 2030s.

The overwhelming majority of these are in jobs in the retail, transport and manufacturing industries.

The research as the retail bloodbath continued with House of Fraser announcing that it is closing more than half its outlets costing 6,000 jobs in move partly blamed on the rise of internet shopping. 

Labour MP Liam Byrne, a former minister who and member of Red Shift, said: 'This should be a real wake up call for politicians. 

'Unless we face the future now and put big plans in place to help workers deal with the change that's coming, we're going to leave millions of workers struggling with low pay, no pay or poverty.' 

There are concerns about the affect AI and robots will have on jobs in key British sectors including manufacturing

Robots are set to take 500,000 more jobs in English Tory seats than Labour constituencies, according to the analysis. 

And researchers have drilled down to show how vulnerable constituency in Britain is to the rise of automation. 

Jobs in John McDonnell's constituency of Hayes and Harlington in West London are most at risk pf being wiped out by the robots with 39 per cent of roles at 'high risk' of automation, according to the research.

Labour MP Liam Byrne, a former minister, said the research should be a real 'wake up call for politicians' (file pic)

The Tory constituencies of Crawley in Sussex and North Warwickshire are the next most vulnerable with analysis showing they could lose 38 and 37 per cent of their jobs to AI respectively.

And even in areas far less vulnerable to automation, robots are still expected to wipe out any jobs.

The constituency of Liverpool, West Derby is the least vulnerable to the rise of the robots, but 22 per cent of posts are still deemed at high risk.

This is followed by Oxford East and Wirral West, both on on 23 per cent, the study found.

Meanwhile, a poll by Opinium carried out to tie in with the research found that half of Britons surveyed think automation will make it harder for them to earn a decent wage.

And seven in ten (69 per cent) of those surveyed think the Government should provide money for retraining if someone loses their job to the march of AI.  

Some the 615,000 jobs were lost in the steel and coal mine closures of the 1980s  -ripping the industrial heart out of communities and leaving some families out of work for generations.

My Byrne said the Government of the 1980s made 'terrible mistakes' by letting industries be destroyed without retraining them.

Ministers have said they want Britain to be at the forefront of the technological revolution. 

Last month Theresa May said she wants to harness the power of AI to improve care in the NHS - saving the lives of thousands of cancer patients