Nearly 2000 people are claiming £4.4 million in benefit because they are too fat to work, other payments include 10 people incapacitated by leprosy and 50 people due to acne. The picture gets worse when you take depression, stress and fatigue or ‘unknown’ diseases into account with 2,700,000 people claiming £7.4 billion…. Do you blame people for working the system or should the Government actually close these loop holes.
Incapacity benefit is available to anyone under state pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability. A person becomes eligible after they have been on statutory sick pay for eight weeks. The amount payable ranges from between £61.35 a week to £81.35 a week, compared with £59.15 jobseekers allowance. (src The Times)
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