Dr Renee Hoenderkamp has hit out at a "staggering" new report which claims that one in four pounds paid in income tax will fund sickness benefits by 2030.
One of Britain's leading think tanks, Policy Exchange, predicts Britain's sickness benefits bill will soar to £100billion by the end of the decade.
The £100billion figure equates to approximately £1,500 per person across the UK, meaning just over one pound in every four collected through income tax will be spent on sickness benefits.
Author of the report Jean-André Prager argues that changing benefit rules would encourage more young people into work.
Dr Renee Hoenderkamp has hit out at benefits Britain after a new report suggested the costs could amount to up a quarter of income tax by 2030
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Prager said: "We need a new social contract that says we owe it to each other and to ourselves to create a better safety net."
Discussing the report on GB News, commentator Dr Renee Hoenderkamp says she knows many people currently on sickness benefits who wish to be "signed off of work forever", despite having the ability to work remotely.
Hoenderkamp said: "I've got people that have a sore knee from osteoarthritis that is really quite disabling, who are 40 years old, who want to be signed off from work forever. And they have kids at home, they have a husband at home, they go shopping, and they keep that house tidy.
"My point is this if you can walk around your house, you can sit on your sofa and work from home on a computer."
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Britain's benefits bill would rise to £100bn by the end of the decade, according to the think tank
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In a pointed attack on Britain's current benefit system, Hoenderkamp criticised the "staggering" prediction of the report.
She stated: "There are very few people who couldn't do some work, and with these figures, this is staggering. We cannot continue.
"The welfare bill for these people is bigger than the education bill now. What we need to do is say, okay, if you're unemployed, six months, and then you don't get any money - they'll get a job."
Policy Exchange has highlighted this as a critical fiscal challenge for Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, and Liz Kendall, the Work and Pensions Secretary.
Hoenderkamp told GB News that 'most people' on sickness benefits will be able to work from home
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In a controversial proposal, Policy Exchange has called for ministers to strip under-30s of personal independence payments (PIP) unless they seek work or training.
Prager called for a system that "fundamentally realigns and rebalances the incentives in our system, encouraging engagement, enabling possibility, creating aspiration and opening a world of opportunity."
The former adviser stressed that reforms "should not demonise a section of society" but instead "inspire people to want to contribute to their life chances and to the wealth of the nation."
He described this as "a task that could not be more urgent for the new Government to address."
