Mental ill-health is behind soaring disability benefits bill in England & Wales.
Problems triggered by insecurity, anxiety, poverty, poor healthcare.
People taking refuge in drugs, alcohol, suicide.
Govts cut benefits, support services.
No strategy for dealing with the causes.
Problems triggered by insecurity, anxiety, poverty, poor healthcare.
People taking refuge in drugs, alcohol, suicide.
Govts cut benefits, support services.
No strategy for dealing with the causes.
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Won't solve the MH crisis but she can make money of it. And that seems to be all she wants.
7 years as a cashier in a bank but with enough money behind here hasn't taught her much about real life economics
"hard work" doesn't pay, what people spend is insanely high compared to income, hustle culture is mentally/physically draining, it's all-work-no-play, prices for goods are steep. It all plays a part in driving despair. Diseases of which:
- drugs
- alcoholism
- anxiety etc
In a world of an aging population, this is problematic for a modern economy.
The effect is cumulative.
1) Start by fixing the NHS (health should never be underfunded)
2) Then job creation
3) Then end wage poverty
4) More apprenticeships
5) reduce the cost of higher education
These are all things within the government's control
I am in my early 70s &have Never known so many close friends struggle with their mental/emotional health
Lack of NHS healthcare, poverty &only seeing a bleaker "future"
#WelfareNotWarfare
Need power to charge equipment all costs.
Note also the balloon in gambling on every run-down high street and endless TV adverts!
Ending in high stress levels and a complete lack of self worth.
Wouldn't it be great if Fielding, Reeves, Streeting + the other one decided to continue the work + aping the worst of US politics for Coproations.
Billionaires need to eat too.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2025-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk#_-what-can-be-done
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/
Brain damage = anxiety, depression, inability to cope with stress for so many.
Not to mention the build-up microplastics and air pollution.
Of course all the social ills, as well.
Cutting benefits & introduction of Assisted Dying will usher in state sponsored culling on steroids!
Going forward under our voting system it will only get worse. They are not there for us. They are there to keep the wealthy uber wealthy and the rest if us poor.
What an absolute shit show.