Pandemic Leaves UK Disabled Behind on Bill Payments and Skipping Meals
Published: 2021-09-01
Author: Disability Benefits Consortium | Contact: disabilitybenefitsconsortium.com
Synopsis: UK’s broken benefits system forcing disabled people to fall behind on payments, skip meals, and face considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has them struggling financially. It’s been 18 months of discriminatory Government excuses which have continued to leave 2.5 million people without the vital income they need to support them throughout the pandemic and beyond. How much more evidence do they need to show that disabled people, including those with MS, must stop being ignored and given the financial support they desperately need?
Main Digest
Thousands of disabled people on out of work benefits, such as Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Jobseeker’s Allowance, are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has left them struggling financially, new research shows.
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The stark findings are from the latest Disability Benefits Consortium’s (DBC) survey(1). It was filled out by over 1,800 disabled people in receipt of out of work [...]