Shrinking UK Labour Market Sees Half a Million More ‘Inactive’ Workers Since Pandemic

Shrinking UK Labour Market Sees Half a Million More ‘Inactive’ Workers Since Pandemic
Commuters wear protective facemasks as they arrive at Paddington station in London on Nov. 30, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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The UK labour market has shed hundreds of thousands of people since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a growing number of older workers choosing to give up their career, new figures show.

A total of 32.5 million people were in employment in the three months to February this year, down from 33.1 million in the same period two years earlier.