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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Mothers, older workers and disabled people hold the key to getting Britain back to work, think tank argues

EPA

Forget trying to lure back rich retirees into the work force, mothers, disabled people and older workers hold the key to solving Britain’s unemployment problem, a new report says.

830,000 more adults have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic than have joined it; with more than three quarters of these people being aged 50 and above. However ministers have had little success trying to get them back to work.

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