The Conservative party government鈥檚 plan to slash unemployment benefits for disabled people making new claims could leave some unable to afford the essentials of life, opponents warned on February 2.
Under government plans, from April new claimants assessed as fit for work will have their benefits cut by 拢29.05 to 拢73.10 a week, the same rate as the jobseeker鈥檚 allowance. The government claims the changes will help halve the 鈥渄isability employment gap鈥 and save the Treasury an estimated 拢1 billion by 2020-21.
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Campaigners warned on August 27 that reports that 2380 people died within months of being branded 鈥渇it for work鈥 under the British government's new welfare laws grossly underestimate the true impact of invasive government assessments into the lives of severely ill and disabled people.