Benefit Cuts Put Cancer Patients At Risk Of Homelessness, Charity Warns

‘Cancer patients could be put at risk of losing their homes if planned cuts to crucial sickness benefits go ahead, a new report by Macmillan Cancer Support warns.

The charity says proposed cuts to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), which would result in support being slashed by £30 a week for people in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of ESA, would leave cancer patients unable to pay their rent or mortgage.

The ESA WRAG consists of sick and disabled people who the Department of Work and Pensions accept are unable to work, but who may be able to return to work in the future if their condition improves.’

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