A-level Paper 2, June 2025The National and Global Economy
A-level Paper 2, June 2025, Q5(b)
Explain one likely reason for the high levels of inactivity in the UK labour force.
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Context
The UK’s labour force inactivity rate was 20.2% in January 2020 and increased to 21.5% in January 2022. After an increase in the early stages of the global health crisis, most developed countries have recorded a decrease in the inactivity rate back to, and below, levels in 2019. This is not the case in the UK.