Posts Tagged ‘Economically Inactive’
One-in-five of Working Population ‘Economically Inactive’
Friday, February 19, 2010 7:50 No CommentsFigures indicated that the number of people claiming for Jobseeker’s Allowance rose by 23500 in January and reached 1.64 m. There was an increase in the number of long-term unemployed, an increase of 37000 over the last three months to 663000.
The number classified as economically inactive hit an all-time high of 8.08m, which takes up [...]
