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More than 300,000 adults in the West Midlands are involuntarily out of work and should be classified in unemployment records, according to a report.

Campaign charity Rest Less says figures illustrate not only a national health issue but an economic one

More than half of people out of work since the pandemic because of long-term sickness are aged over 50, according to research. An analysis of data from

More than 1.6 million people aged 50 and above in the United Kingdom are unable to work owing to long-term sickness as the country's healthcare system is teetering on the brink of collapse, a new study reveals. 

One in two jobless people aged over 50 have quit the workforce due to long-term sickness

Absence rates at TransPennine Express equate to 30 sick days a year per driver, compared to the national workforce average of 4.6 days

The total has nearly doubled in just under 10 years, increasing from 149,000 in October-December 2013 to 296,000 in July-September 2022.

According to ONS data, there are now nearly 300,000 people aged 50 or over in insecure employment

Surging costs have forced many workers to supplement their income with insecure employment

ONS data shows that more than 100,000 people aged 50-64 have returned to work in past year