UK PM Johnson plans welfare reforms, targeting long-term sickness benefits and fraud.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall plan to overhaul the welfare system, targeting a rise in long-term sickness support claims projected to reach over four million by the end of the decade. Measures include placing work coaches in mental health clinics, a "youth guarantee" for 18-21 year-olds to ensure they are working or studying, and a crackdown on benefit fraud. Labour leader Keir Starmer is also promising significant changes, including a zero-tolerance approach to gaming the system.

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