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By Chris Dorrell Yesterday’s papers were filled with headlines about Rishi Sunak’s mission to clampdown on “sick note culture” as he attempts to tackle the UK’s growing long-term sickness problem. This is a serious issue. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), over 2.8m people were out of work due to ill-health between December and February, up from around 2.1m pre-pandemic. Rising levels of economic inactivity both reduces the economy’s potential supply (bad when there’s inflationary pressures) and increases government spending (bad when there’s not muc…

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