UK cutting benefits for people with incurable disease

‘The UK government’s economic policies have put the strain on disabled people with progressively worsening diseases by cutting their benefits.
Between April and October 2016, the government invited about 3,500 people with incurable conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or Parkinson’s disease to reassess their eligibility for Personal Independence Allowance, or PIP, which provides help with daily activities and mobility.
This is 45 more than the total of 2,400 people who were called in throughout all of 2015-16.
The highest increase was for people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, with 2,000 of them reassessed in the first half of last financial year, an increase of two-thirds on the previous 12 months.’
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