The Government’s assessment system for long-term disability benefit claimants is having a “devastating” financial and social impact on people with multiple sclerosis, new research has found. The ...
A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS), who cannot walk more than 200m, faces losing thousands of pounds in disability benefits and being forced out of work if the Government pushes ahead with its ...
A Northern Ireland woman who suffers from MS says the change of a key benefit has left her exhausted and fearful for the future. Melissa Leavy, 18, from Downpatrick, spoke out as the MS Society ...
The government is being urged to rethink its welfare reform plans as another charity warns disabled people will be pushed out of work if the plans go forward. Margaret Martin, 58, who has multiple ...
A woman with multiple sclerosis says she has repeatedly been denied a key benefit by the Department for Work and Pensions. Bethen Thorpe was diagnosed with relapsing MS in 2014. Her main symptoms ...
A woman with MS has admitted she considered ending her life after being refused the government benefit PIP. Charlotte Hargreaves-Wright made the frank admission as she spoke about a health battle that ...
Liz Kendall has today announced changes to the disability support system PIP (Personal Independence Payment). Despite rumours that the government would scrap the benefit altogether, the work and ...
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