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DISABLED people on long-term sickness benefits are struggling to eat and pay bills, a major survey has found.
Some 60 per cent of people claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) said the amount they receive is not enough to cover their basic needs.
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), a national coalition of more than 80 different charities and other organisations, conducted the survey of 1,755 respondents who receive ESA, the main long-term sickness benefit.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
The government’s retreat on PIP still leaves 150,000 new universal credit claimants facing halved benefits from April 2026, creating a discriminatory two-tier welfare system that campaigners must continue fighting, writes DR DYLAN MURPHY