Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1921, sama da 'yan Burtaniya miliyan 3 ba su da aikin yi sakamakon koma bayan tattalin arzikin bayan yakin. Yayin da tattalin arzikin ke farfadowa daga 1922 zuwa 1923, Burtaniya ta sake samun kanta ta hanyar 1926, babban yajin aiki
na wannan shekara yin shi ba ni'ima. Ci gaban da ya rage na shekaru goma ya zama ba daidai ba, tare da gajeren lokaci na stagnation ci gaba da katse ci gaban. Hadin gwiwar masana'antu ya inganta a takaice, amma sai ya zo da kasuwar jari ta Wall Street a watan Oktoba 1929, wanda ya haifar da Babban Mawuyacin duniya (Duba Babban Mawuyacin hali a Burtaniya). Rashin aikin yi ya tsaya a ƙasa da miliyan 1.8 a ƙarshen 1930, amma a ƙarshen 1931 ya tashi sosai zuwa sama da miliyan 2.6. A watan Janairun 1933, sama da 'yan Burtaniya miliyan 3 ba su da aikin yi, wanda ya kai sama da kashi 20 cikin 100 na ma'aikata - tare da rashin aikin yi sama da kashi 50 cikin 100 a wasu sassan kasar, musamman a Kudancin Wales da arewa maso gabashin Ingila. Sauran shekarun 1930 sun ga farfadowar tattalin arziki mai sauƙi ta hanyar gidaje masu zaman kansu. Yawan rashin aikin yi ya ragu zuwa 10% a 1938 - rabin matakin shekaru biyar da suka gabata.