Number of people who have never had a job ‘rising’ – the Resolution Foundation

Number of people who have never had a job ‘rising’ – the Resolution Foundation

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The number of people who have never worked has increased over the past two decades, a new study by the Resolution Foundation think tank suggests.

The study suggests 8.2% of people aged 16-64 – some 3.4 million people in total – had never had a paid job, despite a spike in employment.

That is a 52% increase since 1998 when 5.4% had never worked, the report says.

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