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Radio 4,12 Mar 2025,45 mins

What is driving the rise in benefits claimants?

The World Tonight

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Some Labour MPs have voiced concerns about government plans to reduce the number of people claiming benefits. We explore what’s behind the rise in benefits claims and speak to a psychiatrist about the danger of “overdiagnosis”. Vladimir Putin has paid a rare visit to a military outpost in Kursk as Russian forces reclaimed much of the territory held by Ukraine since August last year. A new study has been looking at ways to reduce the risk of oxygen deprivation in newborn babies.

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