Rishi Sunak's Crackdown: Reforming the UK Disability Benefits System | IEA Podcast
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- With over half a million more people not working or seeking work compared to pre-pandemic levels, concerns are mounting about Britain's economic growth potential amidst a tight labour market. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on disability benefits, claiming the system is being too easily exploited. So this week's tantalising question on the IEA podcast: Where are the missing workers?
Join host Matthew Lesh, Public Policy & Communications Director, and this week's guest, IEA Editorial & Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton, to unpack this thorny issue. They explore the spike in economic inactivity due to long-term sickness, particularly among younger cohorts. Is there exploitation of the disability benefits system or are there deeper socioeconomic forces at play? The role of mental health, drug abuse, and NHS backlogs in this concerning trend is dissected.
The podcast also examines potential policy solutions - from revamping welfare incentives to boosting productivity through upskilling. With long-running debates around the "deserving" vs "undeserving" poor, Shackleton provides a historical lens on this complex challenge facing policymakers. Tune in for an insightful discussion on a key economic issue.
00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - Rishi Sunak announces crackdown on disability benefits
01:10 - Where are the missing workers? Overview of labour market trends
03:14 - Rise in long-term sickness, especially among younger people
04:47 - Distinguishing genuine health issues from potential exploitation
06:09 - Role of drug use and NHS backlogs
07:19 - Government's focus on welfare/disability benefit reforms
09:03 - Debates around "deserving" vs "undeserving" poor
11:21 - Historical context on attitudes towards welfare
14:35 - Comparing welfare models internationally
16:08 - Employment protection legislation and labour market flexibility
19:25 - Potential long-term increase in working-age benefit claimants
21:10 - Boosting productivity as solution to worker shortages
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Most large scale surveys tell us most people hate their jobs or are sleep walking through them
What next the work houses?
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I notice he keeps bringing up the "lazy druggies" propagandist bs he seems to be peddling and a stooge for
This boils my piss.
@@philstabler good
Do your research, if you’re talking about PIP, this is NOT an out of work benefit😮😢 It’s for the extra costs of disability & maybe transport/car, to & from work. Day to day living & unable to work is ESA or UC.
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Single men who have never had children can live very cheaply. They can get by by living off savings, inheritances and the occasional bit of work. Why work hard if you have no one to provide for?
The vacancies numbers are gaslighting, people don't see them in the real world.
The IEA were the people behind Thatcher when she used monetarism to make millions of people unemployed. It's astonishing the extent to which these people straight out lie about what they're actually doing
It's the system, it's not just one thing, it's a combination of things ,as the system is now, you will always have 4 ,5 million on the dole, nobody, s going change the system ,so it will just go on and on
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Where are the jobs i ask?
Dla wtf is he on about
DLA is still the disability benefit for children & all the extra costs of this.
9 million Bullcrap bstdsw
Fraud deception and theft of the truth, might be quite genuine, he used his vile spin , he’s twisting his words to divide people into believing him as a concern people, but might be quite , deception , why not use the correct word, not might but or may be , stop avoiding replying.