Department for Work and Pensions

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Stories

  • Economic inactivity rate is 21.8% with 9.2million people aged between 16 and 64 not in work.[1]
  • 20,000 people off work due to mental health problems every month.[2]
  • More than 5million are on out of work benefits.[3]
  • Pays out £108 a week if you have one of these 57 medical conditions or disabilities including "unknown" and other diseases with a wide spectrum of symptoms.[4]
  • Saorsa Amatheia Tweedale, the Department for Work and Pensions diversity ambassador, compares taking children puberty blockers to taking the contraceptive pill.[5]
  • Offers to pay benefits to people with multiple spouses.[6]

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