UK needs to change 'sicknote culture': Sunak targets disability benefits

15 днів тому

In a speech on welfare changes, Rishi Sunak has said the UK has to change a 'sicknote culture' in which people take long-term leave from work. The prime minister announced fresh curbs on disability benefits, saying he wanted to explore whether some cash payments to claimants with mental health conditions could be replaced by treatment or access to services. 'We don't just need to change the sicknote, we need to change the sicknote culture so that the default becomes what work you can do, not what you can't,' said Sunak
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 300

@dbkarman 13 днів тому

Guy worth £800,000,000 because he married into wealth becomes 3rd unlelected Prime Minister, brings a recession and tells minimum wage workers to work while sick to improve economy.

@janrudzki5651 13 днів тому

Well said!

@public.public 13 днів тому

So some Richie buys the premiers seat? It's privatisation so what's wrong with that? errrr

@Mattis-xg5bd 13 днів тому

Why not? People around the world work for peanuts. Are you afraid of work?

@23bit76 13 днів тому

@Mattis-xg5bd he didn't say 'peanut brain' you can go back to sleep now

@nunyafbusiness 13 днів тому

⁠@@Mattis-xg5bdthat’s beside the point. If you make a general rule/law everyone will be affected even people who do require/benefit from being on sick leave. The fact that people work for peanuts in other parts of the world does not mean we should follow suit and ruin a working system. If it didn’t work the UK economy wouldn’t be in the top 10.

@christopherkelly577 13 днів тому

Hurry up and quit already. Useless and weak leader.

@public.public 13 днів тому

Goblin would be the more appropriate descriptive.

@TVexed-wg7cm 13 днів тому

@@public.publicI can do one better. What about Parasite?

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

"get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out" - Mary from ghosts.

@kazmier897 13 днів тому

If you want to help get people back to work...just resign. We are sick of you.

@MATRIX.... 12 днів тому

Create an aspirational uk...what’s that then...to buy a Range Rover..a nice shiny kitchen and all the other rubbish we don’t need..😎

@user-fk9mo2ld6w 10 днів тому

Why would that help get people back to work?

@user-si5sk2hm2n 7 днів тому

@@user-fk9mo2ld6w It won't help because the wages are too low and the cost of living is too high

@ssuwandi3240 13 днів тому

What a nerve for one who brought in 0.1% GDP growth..

@corvus1238 13 днів тому

TAX THE RICH.

@summersummer9888 13 днів тому

Bring on the elections and get these psychopaths out.

@chrishart8548 13 днів тому

Can't wait to see what Labour do.

@jimmyghost1221 7 днів тому

Elections that is a joke right, as both sides are of the same capitalist WEF/WHO/EU coin.

@helentrove620 5 днів тому

Sadly all 3 major parties that many of us have no other option to vote for are all willing servants of the unseen ultra elite that are in control of this earth. I have no faith at all in any of those 3.

@djameltoni3395 13 днів тому

When you marry a billionaires' daughter and you want to lecture others about earning his money!!

@TheAlchemistZero1 13 днів тому

Poverty is the mother of necessity; the comfort of the rich, depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

@TheGullyfoyle 13 днів тому

Amen!

@LightWork1995-pw4wp 4 дні тому

Well said brother 👏

@ciararespect4296 3 дні тому

That's why I'm an antinatalist. I don't wanna bring children into the world to be work slaves for the rich and I can do what I like in this world. And not feel guilty

@user-pt2dy7br3c 13 днів тому

Has no idea of the struggles of the average person, totally out of touch with reality a total joke

@user-fk9mo2ld6w 13 днів тому

He might not understand people's struggles but at the end of the day a struggle doesn't mean you should just give up and claim benefits instead

@user-pt2dy7br3c 13 днів тому

@@user-fk9mo2ld6w true but some people are genuinely needing help

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

Stopping benefits for 12 months lol better build dozens more prisons for people unable to pay bills, food, debts, water, heating. Guys a pilo k. Obviously all the rich folk and people on 200k a year will be loving this idea.

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

@@user-fk9mo2ld6w what about people that physically or and mentally can't work?

@user-fk9mo2ld6w 12 днів тому

@@allanallen1835 if there is a genuine reason then of course they should be given help. Nobody is saying that nobody should get any benefits. All that is being said is that sick notes are being given out far too easily to people that can work. Several Doctors have admitted to giving people sick notes just to avoid getting a bad review online.

@FreeFragUK 13 днів тому

A completely disconnect, unqualified, pampered billionaire who is nothing but a blight upon the society whose interests he is meant to represent. The sooner he is forced out of office the better!

@Jay-nr6mr 13 днів тому

The nerve of this man to take from the poor once again how many billions has he sent to other countries so far unbelievable.

@luigibru8677 13 днів тому

Sunak is a disgrace for humanity

@jake90052 13 днів тому

I think he gets his policies from "The Sun" newspaper. I'm not sure.. attacking disabled people isn't really a vote winner with me.

@Michael-rj1jb 13 днів тому

We need to get rid of this government.

@fantasticfraggle 13 днів тому

I work full-time as a Mental Health Nurse, I suffer from 'recurrent depressive disorder'. Sort out the disability act so I'm not threatened with stages in the absence policy

@mohammedmuktarbutt5419 13 днів тому

UK needs to change prime minister

@naturealbums 13 днів тому

I'm going to have to take sick leave now I seen this annoying face ... when are we getting elections???

@xTwilightWolvesx 13 днів тому

Next month, thankfully 🙏

@ginge7379 13 днів тому

Sadly thats local, what we need is a general election to get him and his rich cronies out

@marigoldwhite867 3 дні тому

True

@jeepsthetimebandit 13 днів тому

I agree that there are too many people on the sick but while you're spending, what is it? 15 million a day on migrants? Then how dare you say you British people can't get a measley amount of sick pay! Sort that out first!

@msjaffacake 13 днів тому

If people can't legitimately work, and benefits are cut/stopped, won't this lead to more homelessness? And potentially more crime? Then we have a bigger issue to handle.

@chrishart8548 13 днів тому

I think he just hopes if he cuts their benefits they will just give up and die, and then that will cut the bill. With all the old people that died in the pandemic we should be rolling in houses. And saving on not paying out pensions.

@lwalker8785 13 днів тому

The only crime will be Richie's crimes against the British public.

@Horusss_ 13 днів тому

HELP SUPPORT YOUR COUNTRY THEN INSTEAD OF SENDING BILLIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES

@TheGullyfoyle 13 днів тому

I’d rather it went to Ukraine than line the overstuffed pockets of Tories in and out of government 😡

@Thor.Jorgensen 13 днів тому

The money isn't being sent to other countries. They are being hoarded with the rich who they repeatedly cut taxes for, including lobbyists and themselves. Have you seen what vehicles he drives around in? Have you seen how enormous his home is? Are you aware of his tax haven in the Seychelles?

@simon-orlandosinghai 2 дні тому

Yes but by it going to ukraine you are involving us. We should stay out of it.

@Horusss_ 13 днів тому

WHY DONT YOU ADDRESS THE MATTER OF WHY PEOPLE WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THEIR JOB

@bumpyjason 13 днів тому

COVID

@user-fk9mo2ld6w 10 днів тому

What is that reason?

@Catamarang-lo8re 4 дні тому

You mean the idle slackers who cant face a hard days work

@albfromeng 4 дні тому

@@Catamarang-lo8re there are idle slackers at both ends of the rich/poor spectrum, the difference is the poor ones can’t afford to eat if they don’t work.

@aaronjohnson2215 13 днів тому

Make it 4 days working week first. Then we can talk.

@confusedgerbil1923 13 днів тому

27 years ago, I was finished up in my work because of severe trauma, years of violence in the area of my work, culminating in creditable death threats made by a group of people who had been involved in deaths and drug dealing. My work Psychiatrist said I couldn't continue to work, and they didn't say that without major justification, thank goodness I had some insurance, because they also agreed that I could no longer work and paid just enough that I could manage to keep a roof over my head, but while I fought a hard (after two years a winning battle) against my illness and got myself back into work, I reluctantly applied for disability allowance, after a 15 minute interview they said I had no grounds at all for disability allowance. AND THIS WAS 27 YEARS AGO!!! I had no personal resources or will left to fight the decision, there must be many thousands of people in the same boat, and the Billionaire tax avoider wants to target a miniscule amount of benefits savings to buy a few votes. Anyone remember how much Truss cost you and I, and how long we will be paying it back? Party of fiscal responsibility my armpit. Rant over.

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 13 днів тому

My daughter has her own business so she can rest up when having severe anxiety attacks. It’s no joke! She’s incapable of even going out of the door.

@peakproofuk 13 днів тому

Maybe tax the billionaires and corporations rather than punish the vulnerable. GE now!

@DPTF369 13 днів тому

You private GP has plenty of time to have a relationshio with you Rishi-boy. Our NHS GPs don't have time to scratch their arses. How dare you suggest that our GPs integrity is so absent that they will dish out 'sick notes' because of emotional pressure. These are people who have to tell you that you have 3 months left to live. 'Long term' is caused by inadequate provision of diagnoses and treatments, not by people swinging lead. (They're actually called 'Fit to work' certificates. You've obviously never had one.)

@pamelabowden3017 13 днів тому

For ten years I've had to prove to a complete stranger how my mental health affects my life. At my last assessment, the person assessing me had me touching my toes and stretching, and concluded I was fit for work. Barely anything was asked about the thing that disables me on a daily basis. In fact, it was like they hadn't even looked at my records. I had to appeal, with the help from the CAB. Someone I've never met is in a position to make decisions about my life, yet the GP who has known me for 30 has no say 😔

@Asparagus777-hw5ft 12 днів тому

@@pamelabowden3017 don’t worry, November 2024 the Tory GREEP party or OUT !

@pamelabowden3017 12 днів тому

@@Asparagus777-hw5ft here's hoping. Although at this point I'm pretty sure it's a dead cert.

@clairesumner8448 13 днів тому

We need the get rid of the 'sick notes' in charge of the asylum

@longdongsilver1255 13 днів тому

We need to change the illegal immigrant culture

@saimariaz7938 11 днів тому

💯

@Cherrytune386 13 днів тому

They've had 14 years to help people!!!!!!!

@pip1723 13 днів тому

Going for the sick and disabled what a surprise.

@anirudhkhandal 13 днів тому

An oppresive mindset to suppress the weak further.

@RJAH355 13 днів тому

This man knocks me sick more and more with every word that spews out his mouth.

@leerowley8191 13 днів тому

Never mind all the tax dodges

@MrReezy92 13 днів тому

We also need to change the way MP are selected also. Let's address that first

@sinjohnsmyth8301 13 днів тому

Sahgi Thatcher and the 40 thieves. Pantomime is all you're fit for sunak

@slippingribsyndrome 13 днів тому

I need 3 operations. I had one in 2020. My 2nd was cancelled and i'm still waiting. YOU are the problem! You are destoying the NHS. Many people want to work!!!! Give us the operations we need instead of punishing us more than you already have.

@martinf1736 13 днів тому

We need to change our MPs😊

@samanthapatrick4345 13 днів тому

change our MPs? we need to change our whole government

@aidiess 13 днів тому

@@samanthapatrick4345 REFORM ???

@samanthapatrick4345 13 днів тому

@@aidiess My postal vote came through and I'm voting Lib Dems

@icearma8061 13 днів тому

Maybe if you sort out the NHS, waiting times, there won't be so many people on sick.

@markhayward7400 13 днів тому

By using the phrase 'sick note culture' Sunak identifies his real intention: to further crackdown on the benefits and worklessness of those who are already victims of his Govt's policies and priorities.

@pamelabowden3017 13 днів тому

The underclass, who are failed from the day they come into this world.

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

I find him saying sick note culture disabalist

@thaliakramer1042 13 днів тому

Inhumane

@pamelabowden3017 13 днів тому

Exactly this

@user-fk9mo2ld6w 10 днів тому

Which bit is inhumane?

@Catamarang-lo8re 4 дні тому

Apparently expecting people to work for a living is inhumane 😂

@JackSouth-gm6qr 13 днів тому

This “guy” knows nothing about working class people and what they have to do to survive

@Catamarang-lo8re 4 дні тому

Half the people he is targeting are not working class - they are dodge working class

@fantasticfraggle 13 днів тому

Great! They're cracking down on sick notes! Maybe they could focus on improving the disability act and force large companies to enable us to be a tive in the work force, rather than being threatened by 'stages of the sickness policy'

@RunOfTheHind 13 днів тому

Cool. Can you do tax dodge culture at the same time?

@colinmassey527 13 днів тому

Where is his crusade to end tax loopholes and tax avoidance schemes for the rich???

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 13 днів тому

Never happen! All smoke and mirrors

@Budanevey 13 днів тому

Won't be happening...

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

Sunak just trying to get rich richer

@clive363 13 днів тому

He has failed to stop the boats now a smoke screen go after our mental health people

@public.public 13 днів тому

And WHY is everyone working way too hard to make billionaires into trillionaires?

@thewolverine1913 13 днів тому

Yet saved his Mrs 200 mill by giving her non dom status. Rat

@philliphaylor1590 13 днів тому

This is a typical TORY 😢

@eddiebyword3363 13 днів тому

So many people sick, sick of the tories.

@maxbruno3614 13 днів тому

Patients are not patients anymore but customers. This guy has his belly full and that's what matters to him, I hope he never gets sick...!!

@4thegood 13 днів тому

Straight out of WEF summit. There are more animals on the farm.

@pamelabowden3017 13 днів тому

I've said that whilst we have been busy quoting from 1984, we should have also been keeping a careful eye on Animal Farm

@NeilHughes-ti6pz 13 днів тому

Makes you throw up this ersatz government.

@Man19893 13 днів тому

YOUR A PROPPA W⚓ YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE IS REAL YA RICH 🛎 🔚

@BritWolf1 13 днів тому

*-Why do young men not want to work?-* *Why do young men not want to live?* (The biggest killer of young men in the UK under 40, is they decide to take their own lives!)

@gabemore1766 13 днів тому

Mental health yea you’ll be taken out

@Kraidoz 13 днів тому

Can't wait to see him leave. Attacking the vulnerable, he should be banned from politics along with the whole party.

@mohammed-nf7vb 13 днів тому

I am eagerly looking forward to the general election. When is the general election ?

@allanallen1835 12 днів тому

Sunak said no

@thomasoflaherty3520 11 днів тому

Summer or Autumn time. No date yet given.

@benbritton1984 13 днів тому

Sick of him 🤢🤮

@samanthapatrick4345 13 днів тому

I don't think you're alone in that

@marigoldwhite867 3 дні тому

Certainly not !

@gynjones6566 13 днів тому

For more than 20 years i am on disible benefit of 20£.

@RedPlanetOrchestra 13 днів тому

We need to change the government.

@craigm6878 13 днів тому

Sunak, wasted £billions of tax payers monies.

@xTwilightWolvesx 13 днів тому

Hmm, people with mental health issues (and/or physical issues) are being put on excruciatingly long waiting lists for treatment, due to the NHS funding being cut. What could possibly go wrong? Rishi Sunak should’ve expected this when he forced people to wait a year for treatment.

@KERMiTtehDOG 13 днів тому

Help people to pay their taxes.

@bumpyjason 13 днів тому

What are they working for exactly sunak? You have ruined any incentive to work because no one can afford anything anymore

@SquareWaveHeaven 13 днів тому

Funny, I feel sick whenever I have to look at him.

@eddiebyword3363 13 днів тому

So, after making half the country sick by their policies he's going to try and force those sick people into appalling work conditions or starve and freeze.........luckily it's him that will be out of that job soon.

@plerpplerp5599 12 днів тому

This is proof that Britain has not come out of the Victorian age. Societal attitudes from that time, that blame the poor for their circumstances is ever present. There are large numbers of children and families experiencing severe material hardship and going without essentials. The social safety net is described as "full of holes", echoing criticisms of the Victorian Poor Law system. As in the 19th century, low wages, insecure employment, and high housing costs as major drivers of destitution back then, are all relevant to Britain in the 21st century.

@TEAMMAURICE 13 днів тому

Great idea but with so many hardworking British people around, I can’t imagine this seeing the light of day anytime soon

@capomanjaro965 13 днів тому

YOU FUND WARS WITH OUR TAX MONEY

@ianjohnson4541 13 днів тому

Reduce tax if you want people to work. 40% above 50k just creates an environment no one wants to work in.

@David-vx4mx 13 днів тому

I think we need to change the sneering snobby Tory attitude. :(

@public.public 13 днів тому

Call a general sickie. Next Monday off.

@davidhanna7291 13 днів тому

Going after the sick again what about all the benefits your giving to people only here a week 🖕

@MRrZero 13 днів тому

Elections now!!!

@kelvo82able 13 днів тому

You need to make it worth working, by maybe improving the economy for everyone.

@martinrichards2680 13 днів тому

Uk needs honest MPs

@m00kism 13 днів тому

More costly, ineffective, token, red meat for those motivated by spite and nothing else.

@thespecialist786 11 днів тому

Remove the 40% tax thresholds, remove IR 35, Remove Council Tax, Remove Higher rate fuel tax, Remove Bed room tax, Let people live and breathe and enjoy life. This is all Doom and gloom. People will suffer more and will not help the NHS as they will be mentally ill and how are you managing COVID vaccine affected people? Some are life long trauma?

@martinjones8220 13 днів тому

One task immigration . can't do it sacked .

@kathleenmcguigan5 13 днів тому

What about the millions you spent on bringing in Ukraine animals the money spent on immigration were it could of went in 2 NHS GPs mental health hospitals

@mpatm2607 13 днів тому

Making changes as you head out the door…

@samanthapatrick4345 13 днів тому

He has to get those changes past the house of lords first because they've been holding him up with his big Rwanda plan

@alejandroleongomez 12 днів тому

Easy to say when your wife is richer than the queen.

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 13 днів тому

Target the weak and vulnerable! Tories at their old game. It’s all about setting the tax payer against the weak. Also, Brexit caused a massive move back to Europe for many! Those positions need to be filled . It’s a Brexit problem!

@richardbarrett4537 13 днів тому

What positions would they be? People were not exiled from the country. Most people I work with are Eastern Europeans.

@carltonascarf7694 13 днів тому

Guardian can you put subtitles on videos of Sunak please, always difficult to hear through that forked tongue

@LewisConnor-cl1hq 4 дні тому

Him doing this is gonna make suicidal rates sky rocket how are people gonna live if they can’t work ?

@rpadrela 13 днів тому

Yes, but you need to fix the tax system too.

@lanceturner-bi4zn 13 днів тому

even when your fit cant see a doctor for weeks how are they going to do this maybe he can fund it with his millions

@samanthapatrick4345 13 днів тому

Rishi spend his millions you must be joking he'll spend other peoples million instead

@sol2746 7 днів тому

Someone with no arms & legs refused a job as a fitness instructor & benefits stopped.

@andyhelliwell4955 13 днів тому

They will be installing, "Showers" at sick assessement offices soon for the dissabled.

@lwalker8785 13 днів тому

Smart move Richie. You can't go wrong picking on the disabled.

@EASYTIGER10 13 днів тому

Sunak helped to create this culture with his furlough scheme during the pandemic

@nevadatan7323 13 днів тому

Manniquin man's desperate attempt to appeal to boomers who watch Channel 5

@robdog246 13 днів тому

The bloke may as well be saying rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb.

@notme1345 13 днів тому

He said he's worried about our taxes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@nrw34260 13 днів тому

Tackle immigration!

@theminisimmer 2 дні тому

I would really like to get to work, but one little mistake sends me spiraling into suicidal ideation. What work I can do must involve no chance of failure, which is literally impossible.