mental health

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Dec 16, 2025 • via Sky News

Quarter of Working-Age Britons Report Disability

2.8 million quit jobs market as £76.8bn benefits bill surges

10.4 million working-age adults claim disability, driving labour inactivity and a 6% GDP benefits spend. Mental health claims dominate amid institutional failure to reverse trends across governments. (142 chars)

Nov 10, 2025 • via The Guardian

Ramsgate Youth Services Yield Savings, Yet Council Auctions the Site

Independent report shows £580,660 annual savings ignored in Thanet closure

Kent County Council plans to sell Ramsgate's last youth centre despite evidence it saves £580,660 yearly in public costs. This decision exemplifies a decade-long funding collapse in youth services, deepening deprivation in coastal England.