Rishi Sunak calls for end to 'sick note culture'

Rishi Sunak has warned against "over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life" in a major speech on welfare reform.

The Prime Minister talked of a need to reduce the £69bn spent on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition.

Sky News' Tamara Cohen spoke to people in Knowsley, who were concerned about the proposed changes to the welfare system.

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[Arty]

Why doesn't he call for an end to corruption and greed from MPs

[shaneharper]

Lets not stop my wife not paying tax but lets pick on depressed people.

[Methysal]

Ahh back to blaming the poor and disabled.

[MurphyOCP-]

The Tories have increased the NHS waiting list to 7.7 million and are now threatening to cut the vital payments these people need. They're not benefits, they're necessity.

[detritivre]

In order for sick and disabled people to work there needs to be employers willing to hire and pay them. They never talk about that side of the equation.

[hallamrafat]

Criminal government, should be put behind bars.

[t.jconnolly]

They started attacking the disabled and most vulnerable people soon as they got in to power, with people committing suicide through being constantly bullied and persecuted lucky i was strong enough to survive through help of my family

[EnglishAbundance]

When will we have an end to ‘tax dodging culture’?

[worldONtrauma]

sunak out NOW!!!! he and tories made uk sick!!!

[Reearl]

Easy for him to say sat in his ivory tower

[lizzys]

Me dad with cancer can’t get on it he worked all he life

[Electrotunez]

how about they focus on the reason so many people are signed off with anxiety and depression rather than punishing them for having it, clowns.

[tambo]

what about ending the culture of MPs sending money to tax havens etc

[robertsmart]

He's not got a clue. We need to get this party out of power.

[wolfmacleod]

Why don’t the government help the people of their country instead of continuing to punish those in need and poverty? Let’s bring in the same wage for everyone including footballers and MPs and see them survive

[itsaibreeze]

Well my mother in her 60s has been on and off work now for two months. She's had problems with her shoulder but sometimes the pain is just too much for her to work, this problem would have been solved if she hasn't been waiting months for a steroid injection due to the NHS waiting times. But no, she's just work shy and lazy apparently....

[forlatagate]

If rishi or any of his staff ever take time off for illnesses, they should be sacked, sounds fair 🍰

[xena]

Insane. Penalising the sick, the poor, the vulnerable, the homeless.

[Shood]

People can’t help getting sick, and it’s rishi and his party’s fault that nhs can’t deal with will all because rishi has been stealing off the nhs!!

[menuthas]

When is he going to stop NON DOM culture?