Daily Archives: 27/11/2010

Government research offers new evidence of struggle for jobs

27/11/2010 – 10:39 am

Government research has provided stark new evidence that disabled people found fit for work through a controversial new assessment are struggling to find jobs.
The research by the Institute for Employment Studies for the Department for Work and Pensions interviewed 3,650 people who had applied for employment and support allowance (ESA), the replacement for incapacity benefit [...]

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Benefits are ‘failing to cover costs of disability’

27/11/2010 – 10:36 am

Four-fifths of households that include a person with a neuromuscular condition say the benefits system is failing to cover the extra costs of living with the impairment, according to a new report.
The report by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (MDC) says two-fifths of households are struggling to pay the bills for basic utilities such as gas, [...]

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