Fit-for-work tests and sanctions for those with chronic illness or disability should be scrapped,report recommends Controversial fit-for-work tests should be abandoned and benefit sanctions scrapped for people with chronic illness or a disability, an influential government adviser has said.
The current system of disability benefits is “broken” and must be comprehensively overhauled whether the government is to meet its target of getting a million sick and disabled people into work, and said Matthew Oakley,who is a member of the Department for Work and Pensions’ independent social security advisory committee.
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Source: theguardian.com