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Rishi Sunak’s plan to overhaul the benefits system could “slash disabled people’s incomes”, campaigners are fearing. The Prime Minister outlined his plan to tackle the rise in “unsustainable” spending on the benefits system, notably Personal Independence Payment (PIP), earlier today. Sunak today announced plans to tighten the work capability assessment which will require more people with “less severe conditions” to seek some forms of employment. The Conservative Party leader also suggested some people with anxiety or depression could be better served with access to mental heath treatment rathe…

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