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Welfare overhaul could strip disability support from young people
The government is considering major cuts to disability benefits for under-25s, including removing the health element of universal credit and overhauling the Personal Independence Payment.
The Independent · 2m
Benefits cheat fleecs £44,000 from taxpayer by claiming she is single
Judith Blackmore, 64, fraudulently claimed single status to receive £44,415 in Universal Credit and £4,392 council tax discount until Facebook photos revealed her wedding and honeymoon.
Dailymail · 2m
Means-testing disability benefits could save £8billion and cut handouts to middle-class youngsters with anxiety
Labour's PIP reform could save £8billion by targeting disability claims.
Dailymail · 1m
Housing allowance freeze deepens rent crisis for poor families
A thinktank warns that frozen housing benefits are leaving over a million low-income renters unable to afford their homes.
the Guardian · 1m