- Money motivating 63% of post-Covid job leavers aged 50 to 65 to return
- Growing numbers of Britons have become economically inactive since 2020
- But the trend has started to reverse with some making a comeback
Many older Britons of working age who have left the jobs market since 2020 are considering a return in the face of growing cost pressures.
Fresh data from the Office for National Statistics reveals money is a key motivation for 63 per cent of post-Covid job leavers aged 50 to 65, who are considering a return, with 69 per cent of those aged 50 to 54 citing it as a main reason.
This compares to 62 per cent and 59 per cent, respectively, among the 55-to-59 and 60-to-65 cohorts.
PM vows to stand firm for months against strikes’ ‘unreasonable’ pay demands (Peasants! You have no right to expect your paltry wage increases will keep up with the real rate of inflation!)
Rishi Sunak today warns striking workers he will hold out against their ‘unreasonable’ pay demands for months if necessary.
In an interview with the Mail, he flatly rejects reports that he is preparing to climb down in the trial of strength with union leaders.
He says he is ‘incredibly disappointed’ by the industrial action threatening to paralyse key services, ‘particularly at Christmas, particularly when it impacts people’s health’.
And the Prime Minister warns striking paramedics not to follow through with their threat to refuse help for those in distress during Wednesday’s strike, including any elderly who suffer a fall.