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UK PM Sunak to consult on tougher rules to combat 'sick note culture'
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will look at tightening the rules for long-term sick leave in a bid to reverse a rise in the number of Britons who have permanently dropped out of the workforce. Labour force participation among working-age Britons is its lowest since 2015, due to a rise in long-term illness and a greater number of students, in contrast to other large, rich nations which have seen increased participation since 2020. Sunak, in excerpts of a speech due later on Friday, said the
2-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
Letters: Smoking is too deadly to remain an option for future generations
SIR – The criticism of Rishi Sunak’s anti-smoking legislation (Letters, April 18) skirts over the fact that smoking more than doubles the risk of heart disease, significantly increases the incidence of heart attacks among younger people, and encourages the development of lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases.
9-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system
Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions
5-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Sunak vows to end Britain’s ‘sick note culture’
Rishi Sunak will on Friday vow to end Britain’s “sick note culture” and unveil a plan to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work.
5-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
How Britain’s worklessness crisis has spiralled
It was in the cafe of a leisure centre in Barking, east London, last month that the Work and Pensions Secretary attempted to shatter the big taboo about Britain’s worklessness crisis.
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VideoJosie Gibson becomes new face of supermarket Iceland
Now, the much-loved mum of one becomes the face of Iceland and will grace TV screens again appearing on the supermarket’s new adverts from today (19th April). The ad sees the debut of its new strapline: ‘That's why we go to Iceland’, which many will be quick to spot is an update on the strapline synonymous with the brand, ‘That’s why mums go to Iceland’. Josie Gibson said: “I remember shopping in Iceland when I was a little girl, so it feels incredibly surreal to be working with them as the face
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VideoStatues of fallen servicemen mark 80th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy
A view of the Standing with Giants silhouettes which create the For Your Tomorrow installation at the British Normandy Memorial, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, as part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The 1,475 statues honour each of the servicemen who fell on D-Day itself and stand in the shadows of the memorial overlooking Gold Beach, where many of them landed almost 80 years ago.
