A record number of people in the UK are not looking for work because of a long-term illness, new figures show.
"While the number of job vacancies remains high after its long period of rapid growth, it has now dropped back a little, with a number of employers telling us they've reduced recruitment due to a variety of economic pressures.
A caller told LBC's Shelagh Fogarty on Tuesday that her ME and fibromyalgia - both chronic conditions - had made her think: "Okay, what's today going to hit me with and what can I do around that? The ONS figures also show that pay continues to fail to keep pace with cost of living increases driven by inflation.
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