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The economy is in a “midlife crisis”, and the government has been sent a stark wakeup call after the number of jobless benefit claimants surged to a new high.

That’s according to new figures, which show that the number of out-of-work benefit claimants aged 50 to 64 has shot up by 600,000 since February 2020, up to a record 1.99 million.

The fresh research from the Centre for Social Justice showed a 21 per cent uptick since 2015 in older individuals exiting the workforce due to health conditions.

However, the CSJ points to a bigger systemic issue, suggesting the system is far too quick to mark people as completely unfit for work.

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