Unemployed on Sickness Benefits Paid More than Minimum Wage Workers: Report
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 9 – An analysis by the Centre for Social Justice shows sickness benefits will exceed minimum wage earnings by £2,500, driven by rising mental health claims and increasing government costs.
- In 2026-27, economically inactive claimants on Universal Credit could earn around £25,000, exceeding the £22,500 income of full-time National Living Wage workers, as calculated by the Centre for Social Justice .
- Health and disability benefits are projected to cost £100 billion by 2030, leading to pressing challenges in national finances according to the CSJ.
- Fifty-Three groups warned that proposed changes to benefits could push over 700,000 disabled individuals into poverty, with an average loss of £3,000 a year per individual.
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