#welfare-spending

#welfare-spending

Mental health diagnoses account for 80% of young people's benefit claims, but evidence shows psychiatric treatments produce minimal symptom reduction without proven long-term employment outcomes.

England's 613 most-deprived neighbourhoods face a potential 27% crime rise and economic inactivity rising to 46.1%, worsening isolation from the workforce.

Rising youth minimum wage increases risk of pricing young people out of entry-level jobs and could worsen youth inactivity without targeted labour market reforms.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting ordered a review into mental health diagnoses amid rising welfare spending and a surge in sickness benefit claims linked to mental health conditions.

Successive UK governments prioritized supporting migrants with long-term visas and welfare access, costing taxpayers billions and straining the welfare system.