UK Business

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

Written by 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...

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