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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

More than 1.3million with no job nor looking for work have a mental health condition

More than 1.3million people who don’t have a job nor are looking for work have a mental health condition, new research reveals.

It is an increase of over 20% since 2018, according to Labour analysis.

The figure represents more than half of the 2.5million people who are currently “economically inactive” due to long-term sickness.

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