Sunak to warn against ‘over-medicalising everyday worries’ in welfare speech
Rishi Sunak is to call for an end to the “sick note culture” and warn against “over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life” in a major speech on welfare reform.
The Prime Minister will say the focus must shift to what work people might be able to do, amid Government concerns some are being unnecessarily written off as sick and “parked on welfare”.
The speech comes a month after Work and Pensions Secretary faced criticism for an interview in which he said there was “a real risk” that “the normal ups and downs of human life” were being labelled
