More than a quarter of potential workers in the North East are now classed as ‘economically inactive’ - and the problem is getting worse. The region has the UK’s highest rate of working age people not looking for a job or unable to start work, new Office for National Statistics figures reveal Data released today, Tuesday, April 16, show the economic inactivity rate for people aged 16-64 in the North East is 26.9%, 4.7% higher than the national average and a rise of 2% compared to December... Read this story
