One million people are wrongly classed as too sick to work when they are willing and able to get a job, analysis suggests

Up to a million people have been wrongly categorised as too sick to work when they are willing and able to get a job, according to analysis. It found that at least 800,000 people who were out of work but wanted to get a job were missing from the headline unemployment rate in 2022 – many of them likely stuck on long-term sickness benefits. Analysts said this figure could now have reached one million amid a rise in the unemployment rate, which has climbed to 4.1 per cent from a low of 3.6 per cent two years ago. A study by the Centre for Social Justice has found that joblessness in Britain is nearly twice as high as official figures suggest, owing to a surge in so called hidden unemployment Analysts said this figure could now have reached one million amid a rise in the unemployment rate, which has climbed to 4.1 per cent from a low of 3.6 per cent two years ago Your browser does not support iframes. The study found that at least 800,000 people who were out of work but wanted to get a job were missing from the headline unemployment rate in 2022 – many of them likely stuck on long-term sickness benefits Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader, said the Government must do more to get people back into work Your browser does not support iframes.