Health of older workers key to reducing number of economically inactive: Broadstone

Examining data Nomis data from the Office for National Statistics on the labour market, Broadstone detailed that older workers aged between 50-64 account for the majority of the UK's economically inactive due to long-term illness. This group accounts for 54% of the total, or 1.3 million people. However, around one in five of those (253,100) stated they are keen to return to the workforce. Broadstone noted there has a "sharp rise" in those considered economically inactive in this age bracket since the onset of the Covid pandemic, with an additional 136,600 working age adults between 50...