The number of working days lost to strike action totalled 220,000 in January, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
In the first month of this year, strike action was taken by rail workers, driving examiners, bus drivers and NHS staff.Unemployment remained steady at 3.7%, the same as last month and only a slight increase from a low not seen since 1974. The rate had been expected to increase to 3.8%, economist polled by Reuters forecast.
Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics, said:"The number of working days lost to strikes fell in January from the very high level seen in December. Nevertheless, many days were still lost, with education the most affected sector." The numbers of people neither working nor seeking work, the economic inactivity rate, decreased to 21.3% in November 2022 to January 2023, down from 21.4% in the three months up to December. The decrease was driven by people aged 16 to 24 years.
Coming out of the pandemic the number of people neither working nor seeking work for a range of reasons had risen to more than nine million people, one-in-five working age adults.
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