Disability benefit reforms will increase social care demand and poverty, say practitioners
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Social workers believe the government’s proposed changes to disability benefits will put greater pressure on social care services and increase poverty, a poll has found.
Under the plans, eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP) – the main disability benefit for working-age people – will be tightened and cuts made to incapacity benefits.
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