>> No. I think the mindset is that there are too many Brits of working age
>> who are non-productive.
On the face of it that seems to be the case.
If you dig down into the numbers what are the whys/wherefores?
The Government's line that it's those who have (a) 'passed' a Work Capability Assessment so get an extra £400/month and (b) could work at home doesn't stack up.
What's been said by Hunt suggests they either don't know the current rules or are happy for them to be misrepresented. The days when the gates to long term sick 'on the Social' were opened by a sick note (fit note in today's parlance) are long gone - pre coalition IIRC.
How many of those who cannot work could if their health conditions were properly and promptly treated?
I guess if I wanted to be I could be 'economically inactive'; I'm still two years off getting the State Pension at 66. But I've got a decent occupational pension I can live on. Plenty more like that I think.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 4 Dec 23 at 21:00
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