Welcome to the disability benefits capital of Britain – embodying the UK’s toxic triangle of worklessness, poverty and poor health.

In Sussex, Hastings offers a microcosm of the worklessness crisis, with the highest proportion of people out of work because of sickness.

It was once a thriving seaport – but now this midlands town is on the front lines of left-behind Britain.

Overeating is fuelling the UK’s labour crisis. We visited the obesity capital of Britain, to see first-hand the impact on the NHS – and our economy.