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The Week Staff

Britain’s missing workers

A large number of working-aged people are ‘economically inactive’ and putting a strain on the UK workforce

Since the pandemic, Britain has faced a novel difficulty. Official unemployment is at its lowest point since the 1970s: at 1.3 million people, or 3.8% of working-age adults.

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