Rishi Sunak Plans Sick Note Review in Push to Tackle Inactivity

Sunak vows to end UK ‘sick note culture’ with benefit reform

Rishi Sunak has set out plans to tackle what he calls Britain’s “sick note culture” and a spiralling welfare bill the country can’t afford. One in ten working-age adults are now claiming a health-related benefit, according to new figures. Many have mental health conditions – many are young. One charity says the proposals could leave some disabled people destitute.

Sunak: Welfare Reforms Would End ‘Sick Note Culture’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to end the UK’s “sick note culture,” which saw 94 percent of the 11 million Fit Notes issued last year signed off as “not fit for work.” Delivering a speech at the Centre for Social Justice think tank on Friday, Mr. Sunak outlined other reforms, including plans to support more people on disability benefits to return to the workforce. Mr. Sunak said, “We don’t just need to change the sick note—we need to chang…

Rishi Sunak's war on 'sick note culture' makes me sick with worry

The PM claimed there was a ‘worrying’ proportion of young workers off sick (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire) ‘I’m signing you off work for two weeks’.  As soon as my GP had written the note to my manager, I felt a huge sense of relief.  Up until that moment, I had found myself falling out of bed 10 minutes before the start of my shift at my call centre job, before crawling back into it as soon as the working day was done.  It was 2021 and outside of wo…

Sunak vows to end 'sick note culture' as UK election looms

Read: 2 min Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled planned welfare reforms Friday to end Britain’s “sick note culture,” in an apparent pitch to keep his beleaguered Conservatives in power at an election due this year. Sunak said the reforms were needed to tackle an unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure benefits are better targeted, but they were immediately criticized by doctors and charities. Just months out from an expected genera…

Rishi Sunak announces plans to 'end sick-note culture' with disability benefits

RISHI Sunak has faced major criticism after announcing changes to the welfare system which could make it more difficult for disabled people to…

Rishi Sunak Vows To End "Sick Note Culture" On "Moral Mission" To Reform Welfare

Rishi Sunak has vowed to end the “sick note culture” and as he has declared a “moral mission” to reform the welfare system.