When I hosted a show on LBC last weekend, callers from all over the country painted the same picture: I heard from an engineer, a chartered surveyor, a young woman working at an equine business and a lady trying to hire cleaners for her rental business in Devon. And their anecdotal experiences are reflected by the ONS figures. There are still nearly a million fewer in the workforce than pre-pandemic trends — the great early retirement and the return of millions to the EU chief drivers.
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