24 November 2025
Keep Britain Working report calls for new taskforce to address economic inactivity
The final report from the Keep Britain Working review explores the issues surrounding economic inactivity as 1 in 5 working age people are out of work and not looking for work. This is higher than comparable OECD countries.
The report’s executive summary includes some startling statistics on the cost of inactivity, which has risen and forecast to rise further due to ill health, as it quotes ‘our society is getting older and living longer but becoming sicker sooner’.
It found key problems include a culture of fear around health and disability at work, a lack of a consistent and effective support system and structural challenges for disabled people.
The report calls for change, with employers, employees and government working together. It calls on the Government to build on the momentum of vanguard employers and authorities to work towards three deliverables; establishing a healthy working lifecycle, better workplace health provision and creating a workplace health intelligence unit to build evidence of what works.
The report mentions the damage health and disability fears can have on individuals’ careers, but doesn’t mention career development as a potential tool in addressing the challenges.
Read the Keep Britain Working final report.
The report’s executive summary includes some startling statistics on the cost of inactivity, which has risen and forecast to rise further due to ill health, as it quotes ‘our society is getting older and living longer but becoming sicker sooner’.
It found key problems include a culture of fear around health and disability at work, a lack of a consistent and effective support system and structural challenges for disabled people.
The report calls for change, with employers, employees and government working together. It calls on the Government to build on the momentum of vanguard employers and authorities to work towards three deliverables; establishing a healthy working lifecycle, better workplace health provision and creating a workplace health intelligence unit to build evidence of what works.
The report mentions the damage health and disability fears can have on individuals’ careers, but doesn’t mention career development as a potential tool in addressing the challenges.
Read the Keep Britain Working final report.
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