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“In the UK, there are currently around 9.4 million people aged between 16 and 64 years old who are economically inactive – neither in work, nor looking for work”

This represents about 25% of the population in that age range, to be compared with an unemployment rate below 5%.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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I think the risk is that the EU elites in Brussels will see this as a reason for more intervention by them rather than recognising that it is their incompetent interventions over many years that has led to the sclerotic nature of the EU countries. The answer is always "More Brussels"......

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