Disabled benefit claimants face lower payments if conditions not deemed lifelong, charities say
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<p>Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisations</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of severely ill and disabled people making new claims will have their benefits cut if the government assesses that their condition might improve, charities have said.</p><p>In April, the health element of universal credit – an extra payment for people assessed as too unwell to work or prepar
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<p>Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisations</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of severely ill and disabled people making new claims will have their benefits cut if the government assesses that their condition might improve, charities have said.</p><p>In April, the health element of universal credit – an extra payment for people assessed as too unwell to work or prepar
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