The issue is a major headache for Chancellor Rachel Reeves because employers cannot find the staff they need - making it harder for the economy to grow.
Labour was under mounting pressure last night to tackle the worklessness crisis – as figures showed 9.4million Britons are neither in a job or looking for one.
But last night the Tories said Labour’s workers’ rights policy would undermine those efforts ‘by making it harder and more expensive for firms to employ people’.The issue is a major headache for Chancellor Rachel Reeves because employers cannot find the staff they need Some 27,000 are described as ‘discouraged workers’ meaning they are not looking for work because no jobs are available.
‘This will be part of my Budget later in the year where I will be making difficult decisions on spending, welfare and tax to fix the foundations of our economy.’
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