Rishi Sunak has returned to one of his pet bugbears: getting the unemployed back into work. His speech to the Centre for Social Justice this morning was peppered with his favourite facts about the post-pandemic welfare crisis embroiling Britain.
The number on long-term sickness benefits has jumped by a third since Covid and now stands at an eye-watering 2.8
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