MPs force publication of report into struggles of poorer disabled Britons
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Work and pensions select committee accuses ministers of ‘trying to bury uncomfortable truths’
MPs have forced the publication of a government-commissioned research report that found low-income people reliant on disability benefits are struggling to meet essential living costs such as food, rent and energy bills.
The report has been kept under wraps for over a year, with the work and pensions secretary, Theresa Coffey, repeatedly refusing to release it on the grounds it was necessary to “protect the private space” in which ministers develop policy.