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Alice Martin, Head of Research, Work Foundation, Lancaster University

People with MS and other fluctuating health conditions are often forced to quit their jobs when they want to work

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Plans to cut health-related benefits in the UK continue to give the government political grief – as well as being a huge worry for claimants. Underpinning the controversy are government plans to move more people into work with a long-term ambition of 80% employment.

But cutting welfare costs is a blunt and unhelpful way to face the challenge of increasing employment among people with long-term health conditions.

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