Benefits claimants are increasingly finding that they are financially better off being signed off sick rather than actively seeking employment, employment minister Alison McGovern has claimed.
Ms McGovern told the Lords Economic Affairs Committee that the existing welfare framework is failing both the long-term sick and taxpayers. With the cost of sickness benefits expected to hit £100 billion by 2030, Ms McGovern said: “It’s obvious that the system is not financially sustainable.”
