Long-term sick need to get back to work where they can, says Starmer

Keir Starmer: ‘I think the basic proposition that you should look for work is right.’ Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

People who have been on long-term sickness leave and claiming benefits will need get back into the workplace “where they can”, Keir Starmer has said.

The prime minister said he wants more schemes across the country that support people back into work from long-term sickness because he believes in the “basic proposition that you should look for work”.