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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Disability benefits could continue after return to work under new plans

PA Wire

Disability benefits claimants could continue receiving the payments after they return to employment under Government plans to get people back into the workforce.

As part of the reforms, the system used to assess eligibility for the sickness benefits could be scrapped, with ministers describing it as a “perverse incentive to prove how sick you are”, The Times newspaper reported.

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