Welsh Conservatives Criticise Labour over Wales' Economic Inactivity

Employment rate in Wales still the lowest in Britain

Wales continues to have the lowest employment rate in Britain, according to the latest labour market statistics. The figures, published for July 2025, show that 71.8% of working-age people in Wales are in employment, compared with a UK average of 75.3%. Economic inactivity – people who are neither in work nor actively seeking work – stands at 24.8% in Wales, the highest in Britain. The UK average is 21%. Political reaction Slammed Labour’s recor…

Welsh Conservatives criticise Labour over Wales' economic inactivity

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Conservative Senedd Member Samual Kurtz has said that ‘Under Labour, enabled by Plaid Cymru’ - the Welsh economy is ‘broken’. His comments come after the latest Labour market statistics for Wales, covering July 2025, revealed that Wales’ employment rate remains the lowest in Britain, at 71.8%.