STATUTORY SICK PAY (SSP) is down by almost a tenth in real terms since the Tories came to power in 2010, SNP research reveals.

Scotland’s governing party blasted Downing Street for turning Britain into the “sick man of Europe” when it comes to supporting ill employees.

Its analysis of House of Commons Library data found that in 2009-10, sick pay was worth £120.01 a week in 2023-24 prices, whereas now it is only worth £109.40 – an 8.84 per cent slump.