Jeremy Hunt and Mel Stride speak out against benefits ‘lifestyle choice’ amid concerns of a sick-note culture
The unemployed have “ample opportunity” to find a job, two senior Cabinet ministers have said as they insisted being on benefits is not a “lifestyle choice.”
Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, and Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, made the comments as concerns grow over record numbers of people off work because of long-term sickness.
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