Economic Inactivity: Working-age People

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 2023.

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Photo of Rob Butler Rob Butler Conservative, Aylesbury

One of the keys to getting working-age people to return to work is obviously providing the right incentives, such as the training programmes and advice provided by my right hon. Friend’s Department—the likes of Jobcentre Plus—but it is also important to remove disincentives. What discussions is he having with Treasury colleagues about ensuring that tax policy, especially on pensions, does not stand in the way of people who have skills and experience staying in, or returning to, the workplace?