By James Reed Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, James Reed, CEO of Reed, takes the pen to talk about the UK workforce and how Labour can help lower economic inactivity How Labour can fight economic inactivity If I was in the new government, top of my in-tray would be the problem of economic inactivity. The UK is the only G7 economy where there is less employment now than there was pre-pandemic. The economic inactivity rate for those aged 16 to 64 was 22.1 per cent in March to May, above estimates of a year ago. This is a huge problem, particularly among young people bu…