There are few issues more important to the nation and crucial to unlocking new and better forms of policy and action than economic inactivity.

The problem we face is stark. Until the outset of the Covid pandemic, economic inactivity rates in the UK were too high, but largely in line with similar countries. Since then, the number of people out of work for health-related reasons has risen by 900,000 to 2.8 million across the country.