Sunday, July 10, 2011

In Britain, it is feared more than 650,000 disabled people will lose benefits because of new test

From The Daily Mail in the UK:Charities fear that more than 650,000 people face losing their benefits because of a new disability test.The government's decision to introduce the medical assessments is designed to save more than £600 million a year.But voluntary groups, including Mind, Disability Alliance, and Scope claim the tests - scheduled to be introduced from April 2013 - will hit hundreds