New figures show over a fifth of working-age adults in the UK are deemed not to be actively looking for work. The UK’s economic inactivity rate between April and June 2024 was 22.2 per cent, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. People not in the labour force, also known as economically inactive, are not in employment but do not meet the definition of unemployment because they are not actively seeking work. The main groups who are economically inactive include groups of students, people looking after family and home, long-term sick and disabled, temporary sick and disab…
