More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work

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More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work​

Not surprised at this number on the Beeb to be fair a lot of my friends in there 50s are looking to move out of work now
my wife just handed her notice in at 52 no intention of working again.
 
It apparently relates to people of working age - I'm assuming between 16 and 64, and the kicker or focus is the number of young (20-40) people choosing apparently not to be taxpaying employees. My guess is that they are mostly doing tax-avoiding side-hustles, such as Influencers on TikTok/YT etc, OnlyFans porn, buying and selling stuff on ebay/vinted etc, and drug-dealing (as much of it goes on without Police intervention). I'm sure there are a lot of older people also taking early retirement but there can't be that many given the state of pensions in the last ten years or so, and the taxation of buy-to-lets.

The article seems to focus though on the large number of young people claiming to be unable to work due to poor mental health. I guess they can't handle the stress and anxiety that us older ones have had to become inured to over our careers.
 
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lindsay said:
It apparently relates to people of working age - I'm assuming between 16 and 64, and the kicker or focus is the number of young (20-40) people choosing apparently not to be taxpaying employees. My guess is that they are mostly doing tax-avoiding side-hustles, such as Influencers on TikTok/YT etc, OnlyFans porn, buying and selling stuff on ebay/vinted etc, and drug-dealing (as much of it goes on without Police intervention). I'm sure there are a lot of older people also taking early retirement but there can't be that many given the state of pensions in the last ten years or so, and the taxation of buy-to-lets.
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'Disconnect between employers and young people'​

Chris Bingham, chief executive of energy supplier Greenarc Ltd in West Yorkshire, said businesses need to think about how to encourage people into the workforce, and "give them more of what they want", especially to younger employees.
He said that people aged 16 to 24 had their education disrupted by the pandemic. "They're coming into a workforce and business community that itself is still struggling to understand how we're all going to work post-Covid," he told the BBC's Today programme.
"I think there's a clear disconnect between the employer and young employees," he added, arguing that any future government needed to put a "bigger focus on apprenticeships and workplace engagement as opposed to a blanket university route".
 
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