Also not my problem

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Existing in the UK is work

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But business groups said more needed to be done to get more people into work amid concerns over the UK’s long-term weak economic growth.

Hmmm. Maybe better pay, better conditions and improvements to our work/life balance could do the trick here…nah it’s the workers who are lazy.

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No, no, no. Immigration!

It’s cheap for companies as they will work for less, they don’t complain because they need to work for the visa, no need to train anyone, if anyone else complains can just sack them and get more immigrants.

What’s not to like?

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For the vast majority of that group it’s more of a case they are economically restricted. Untreated mental health issues due to our health service, childcare needs that can’t be met if they work. Then being framed to be inactive feels disengenuous to people that would like nothing more than to be healthy happy and properly supported to work.

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I don’t think it’s any surprise that we are the second worst for mental health in the world. If the Tories genuinely cared about the economy rather than ideology they’d invest heavily in boosting the mental health sector and making sure we had a good supply of the medication.

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They could also stop making everything worse, since that tends to lead to more negative mental health outcomes.

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They are pathologically incapable of doing the right thing.

If you gave them the trolley problem they wouldn’t be able to cope because they wouldn’t be able to figure out how to run everyone over.

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