DWP figures revealing that only one in 14 people assessed for the new incapacity benefit will be entitled to claim the payout in the long term showed the changes were designed to save money not help the disabled, the TUC said in response.
The TUC has heard from disabled people all around the UK who feel that the tests have been unfair and ineffective, and was interested to learn that 39 per cent of appeals against the initial judgements were successful.
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