Calls mount on Chancellor to address long-term sickness in jobs market
by Holly Williams
Feb 13, 2024
2 minutes
The Chancellor is facing growing calls to tackle British workers’ ill health in next month’s Budget after official figures showed those unable to work because of long-term sickness reached another record high.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed 9.3 million Britons were classed as economically inactive in the jobs market in the final quarter of
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