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Why is Britain so sick? | LBC

  • Writer: Reem Ibrahim
    Reem Ibrahim
  • Aug 4
  • 1 min read
Spending on working-age health-related benefits as a share of GDP (IFS)
Spending on working-age health-related benefits as a share of GDP (IFS)

In the first quarter of 2025, approximately 2.8 million people in the UK were economically inactive due to long-term sickness.


An NHS Confederation report found that in one year, more than 63,000 people went from being economically inactive because they were students, to then being economically inactive due to long-term sickness.


Why? According to the stats, it is mental health.


But what is compassionate about consigning thousands of young and physically healthy people to a lifetime of worklessness?


Reem Ibrahim discussed this on LBC with Ben Kentish. Listen here.

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