Fraser Nelson investigates one of the government’s biggest challenges: the sharp rise in working-age people on sickness benefits, totalling 3 million, up by a million in just five years.
Many people on these benefits are under 35 years old. What’s behind this surge? Are we getting sicker? Or lazier? Or are other factors to blame? Fraser Nelson films with people living on these benefits, as well as with top experts and politicians. He finds a broken system that can drive people towards benefits rather than work, with costs that threaten to derail the government’s hopes of economic growth. It's an urgent, important call to action.
Fraser has built a website which includes interviews from the documentary and links to the underlying data at www.Benefitstrap.com
First Broadcast
December 2, 2024
Broadcaster
Series
Credits
Reporter
Fraser Nelson
Music
Audio Network
Graphics
Steve Chappell
Post Production
Storm
Post Production Producer
Clarice Flack
Finishing Editor
Aaron Brookes-Tennant
Dubbing Mixers
Sam Hodgkins
Runner
Adam Weiss
Assistant Producer
Islay Stacey
Line Producer
Ali Watt
Head of Production
Fran Peters
Additional Directing
Jennifer Shaw
Al Johnstone
Directors of Photography
Jay Dacey
Tim Sutton
Film Editor
Dani Jacobs
Shooting Producer
Katie O’Toole
Executive Producer
Eamonn Matthews
Produced and Directed by
Emily Keen
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