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More than half a million sick benefit claimants have never worked

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More than half a million benefit claimants who are out of work because of ill health have never had a job, laying bare the challenge facing Liz Kendall as she seeks to halt spiralling welfare costs. Analysis of 2021 census data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 555,963 benefit claimants who were economically inactive because of sickness had never worked.

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More than half a million sick benefit claimants have never worked

Figures underscore scale of challenge facing Labour’s drive to get recipients into jobs

1 day ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom 1 day ago on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

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