Andy Burnham was on Tuesday urged by the Government’s jobs tsar to forget rejoining the European Union and instead fix Britain’s sicknote culture.
Sir Charlie Mayfield said tackling the problem of long-term sickness absence was a major opportunity to revive the UK economy.
The former John Lewis boss, who led the Keep Britain Working review for the Government, said just a 1 per cent boost to the number of people in employment would add the equivalent of a city to the nation’s workforce.
He was speaking as latest data showed Britain’s private sector shrinking for a second month in a row in June
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