‘Outrageous’: 1.8 Million People Are On Unchecked Sickness Benefits | Fraser Nelson

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“We are squandering human capital in this country as an absolutely outrageous, indefensible way, the way that people who are sick, who want to work aren't being given help? That is an outrage.” A Times investigation has found 1.8 million people are receiving sickness benefits without any government reassessment to check if they still qualify, “it's more than just a waste of money, this is just a collapse of caring”, says Times columnist, Fraser Nelson. Fraser Nelson was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theti

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