The struggle to get lazy Britons to follow skilled migrants into work
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/23/the-struggle-to-get-lazy-britons-to-follow-skilled-migrants/
Why the nation’s poor work ethic is keeping employers hooked on foreign labor.
The sick town of England: Why are 13,000 people in Dover too ill to work?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2024/12/dover-sick-town-of-england
A month before Christmas Day, hailing the advent season in an article for the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared war on “benefits Britain”. He promised a blitz on “anyone who tries to game the system”, and to get the country back to work. Chief in his sights are those unable to work due to “long-term sickness”, the leading cause of “economic inactivity” in Britain – the 9.3 million unemployed people aged 16 to 64 who don’t have jobs and aren’t looking for one. On paper at least, Dover is the sickest town in Britain. Here: 18.7 per cent of the town’s working-age population is economically inactive due to long-term illness. The figure was just 2.6 per cent in 2019.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/23/the-struggle-to-get-lazy-britons-to-follow-skilled-migrants/
Why the nation’s poor work ethic is keeping employers hooked on foreign labor.
The sick town of England: Why are 13,000 people in Dover too ill to work?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2024/12/dover-sick-town-of-england
A month before Christmas Day, hailing the advent season in an article for the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared war on “benefits Britain”. He promised a blitz on “anyone who tries to game the system”, and to get the country back to work. Chief in his sights are those unable to work due to “long-term sickness”, the leading cause of “economic inactivity” in Britain – the 9.3 million unemployed people aged 16 to 64 who don’t have jobs and aren’t looking for one. On paper at least, Dover is the sickest town in Britain. Here: 18.7 per cent of the town’s working-age population is economically inactive due to long-term illness. The figure was just 2.6 per cent in 2019.