SIR KEIR STARMER was criticised today for “ignoring the enormous and deeply unfair barriers” disabled people face after he said more people on long-term sickness benefits should be looking for a job.

The Prime Minister said the government was looking to reduce the number of claimants, insisting support will be in place to help people get jobs.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he wanted to roll out schemes supporting people on long-term sickness returning to work, adding: “I think the basic proposition that you should look for work is right.”