In a speech today Rishi Sunak has said that people signed off sick with mental health conditions are placing unsustainable pressure on the welfare budget.

He wants to overhaul Britain's sicknote culture and shift the focus onto what people CAN do.

The number of people signed off work with long term sickness is at a record level. And has been driven largely by mental health conditions.

The Prime Minister will say that we need to be "more honest about the risk of over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life”.

Is he right to get tough on people signed off sick?

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