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🗓️ 20 March 2025
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It's predicted that, by the end of this Parliament, four million people in Britain will receive long-term sickness benefits–that’s the equivalent of losing the working-age population of Birmingham from the workforce. Columnist Fraser Nelson thinks it’s the biggest scandal in Britain today. So how did we get here? And can Labour fix it or will they leave already-vulnerable people worse off?
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Guest: The Times & The Sunday Times columnist Fraser Nelson
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Producer: Emily Webb
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