by Will Jones, Daily Sceptic:

Britain’s public finances are being crippled by a steep and sustained rise in the numbers of people of working age who have left the jobs market because of ill health following the pandemic and lockdowns, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned. The Telegraph has more.

Lockdown wreaked havoc across the economy, devastating children’s education, hammering the public finances and piling pressure on a health service already struggling with the ageing population.