Claim: Economic inactivity is up by half a million since the spring of 2019 largely because of long Covid.
Fact-check: How much of the rise in 'economic inactivity' is due to long Covid? - Full Fact
Verdict: economic inactivity because of long-term sickness has risen by about half a million in that time. but some of that rise predates the pandemic and data from the office for national statistics and independent analysis suggests much of it is due to factors other than long covid.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-11-25T00:00:00