An interim report from IPPR’s Commission on Health and Prosperity has found the UK’s poor record on health is taking a huge toll on people’s personal finances and job prospects. The research finds that the onset of poor health precedes: a substantial fall in labour income, impacting millions of working age people; a much higher risk of leaving work, with illness implicated in more than half of employment exits between 2014 and 2019; lower job satisfaction and barriers to productive work; weaker GDP and labour market outcomes; and a more unfair and unbalanced economic model.