💡 The FT dropped a truth bomb last week: The ageing population across OECD countries is a game changer for economic and skills strategies. 🚀 To keep our living standards afloat, we’ll need to push labor productivity through the roof to heights never seen before.
But here’s the million-dollar question: Is the UK fully equipped for this? Are our education, welfare, and skills policies up to scratch? What about the devolved powers? What about our international trade and immigration policies?
🔥 It’s high time we shifted gears from talking to action. When Brexit happened, we should have transformed education, skills and employment policy to meet the recruitment and skills shortfalls that the UK economy now faces. We can’t afford not to act this time.
Will the UK’s 𝟴𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 “𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀” be coming back to work?
Since COVID, 850,000 people in the UK withdrew from the active labour market. This massive rise in economic inactivity...



