United Kingdom: taskforce launched to tackle economic inactivity due to ill health

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of individuals in economic inactivity – particularly due to long-term health issues – has risen substantially in the UK, from 8.6 million in 2019 to 9 million in 2022, according to the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In a bid to address this problem, which is costing the UK economy £180 billion in lost output and millions of lost working days every year, the Confederation of British Industry, the UK business organisation