Daily Archives: 02/03/2012

Benefit reassessment could lead to destitution, says charity

Thousands of disabled people across Scotland could face “destitution” because of the programme to reassess all claimants of incapacity benefit (IB), a new report has warned.
The report, by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), claims an estimated 115,000 disabled people in Scotland are set to lose entitlement to out-of-work disability benefits during the three-year reassessment programme.
Between April [...]