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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 February 2026

Debate

Jobs Market

Contribution

Of course, I completely agree with my noble friend; I will offer just one illustration of that. Under the last Government, long-term sickness became the most common reason why people were economically inactive for the first time. It reached a new, record high of 2.8 million people. This is a shameful record, and not something that they should be preaching to us on.

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