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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare

Millions of disabled benefit claimants have found out how their entitlements will be changing from next year following Labour’s long-anticipated decision to slash £5 billion from the welfare spending bill.

Revealing the reforms, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the current system “leaves too many people in a permanent state of dependence on benefits without the opportunity of work”.

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