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Years of austerity, followed by Covid, have left Britain with unhealthy workers and businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long
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Larry Elliott's Observer piece picks up on one of the week's salient themes, the level of long-term sickness and the implications of this for the wider macroeconomy. Factor in the loss of migrant workers post-Brexit and it has obvious obligations for growth, inflation and unemployment.
There are now 2.8 million people who are economically inactive, and any future growth is likely to be contingent on getting a number of them back into work. Without this there can't be growth and, I'd argue, the increased strain on public finances will also become problematic.