Jeremy Hunt 'planning to tell GPs not to sign people off long-sick in Budget'

GPs will be urged not to sign people off work in a bid to cut long-term sickness in next month's Budget, it is claimed.

Insiders claim Jeremy Hunt and top officials are looking at ways to cut the number of people on long-term sickness following the Covid pandemic.

But it has sparked alarm that people with conditions like Long Covid will be forced back into work when they are not well enough.