PLANS to overhaul the disability benefits system are due to be unveiled by the government later reports the BBC.
It says the benefits bill is rising at an “unsustainable rate” and needs to be overhauled to ensure help gets to the people who need it most.
Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) could include stopping cash payments and offering claimants one-off grants for things like home adaptations instead.
The disability charity Scope described it as a “reckless assault on disabled people.”
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