Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The millions of people not looking for work in the UK may be prioritising education, health and freedom

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par David Spencer, Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds

Around one in five British people of working age (16-64) are now outside the labour market. Neither in work nor looking for work, they are officially labelled as “economically inactive”.

Some of those 9.2 million people are in education, with many students not active in the labour market because they are studying full-time. Others are older workers who have chosen to take early retirement.

But that still leaves a large…

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