VIEWS are being sought on ways to cut the alarming rate of economic inactivity in the north. A consultation paper has set out a new strategic framework to tackle the problem where 27.4 per cent of people are neither in work nor unemployed - a figure way ahead of the UK average (22.2 per cent). The strategic framework is focused around a number of key themes, from increasing engagement and support for individuals to access government services more easily, to increasing job opportunities, addressing wider barriers and helping break the cycle of inactivity by doing more to help those most at risk of disengaging from the labour market.