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Official data on UK economic inactivity and unemployment rates is inaccurate, report suggests

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The Labour Force Survey provides UK economic activity data. Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Hameed Shuja

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Recent statistics have been pessimistic about UK economic activity and employment rates.

A new study has warned that official data on the rates of economic inactivity and unemployment in the UK may not be entirely accurate, and that the overall situation may not be as bad as stats suggest.

The report by the Resolution Foundation questions the data put out by the

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