Evaluation of the long-term unemployed recommendation

This feedback builds upon the impact long term unemployment (LTU) has on health inequalities (HI). HI cost EU governments significantly: they reduce people’s ability to contribute to society, undermine economic growth and prosperity, and increase health, social care and wider public expenditures.

The link between unemployment and ill health is well established. Unemployment has a higher negative on health for people from low socio-economic groups. Unsurprisingly, LTU sees effects on ill health compounded: people experience negative pressures on their physical and mental health.

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