Disabled people ‘could face extra annual costs of £15,000 by end of the decade’

A new report has suggested extra annual costs for disabled people could rise to almost £15,000 by the end of the decade (Alamy/PA) -

Disabled people could face extra costs of almost £15,000 a year by the end of the decade, according to analysis from a charity published on the eve of an expected vote on controversial welfare reforms.

Disability equality charity Scope has warned that Government concessions on welfare cuts will simply lead to a “two-tier system” where “huge numbers” of people in need are still out of pocket.