The share of workers without any social security cover (PLFS definition) rose from 87.0% (2014) to 89.1% (2026). Informalisation has been monotonic — every single year since 2014, the formal share fell or held.
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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.