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‘Made to feel like a scrounger’: chef waiting for hip operation fears losing £84-a-week benefit
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
She has been waiting 47 weeks for a hip operation and fears she may lose her small benefit income because of planned changes to the welfare system.
People with mobility and mental health problems will be asked to work from home or lose benefits as part of what a UK government minister described this week as doing “their duty”.
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, doubled down on the controversial policy in his autumn statement on Wednesday, claiming that the government’s so-called back-to-work plan would help nearly 700,000 people with health conditions find work.
“I had £30,000 in savings at that point, so I stockpiled laundry pods, dishwasher tablets, tinned food, and spent quite a bit of money on expensive alterations of my house I thought I might need during recovery at home.
“I had my bannisters amended to facilitate going up and down stairs, bought chair raisers, a raised loo seat and frame, a shower mat and attachment, a device for picking things up from the floor and another for putting on socks and underwear, and a washing sponge on a long stick.
Hunt told MPs in his autumn statement speech that the government would focus on those with sickness and disability and the long-term unemployed by overhauling the work capability assessment.
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