Prominent anti-poverty and disability charities, including the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Disability Rights UK, have penned a letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall.
They caution that the UK Government must genuinely consider the views of disabled individuals when it commences its consultation on health and disability benefits reforms this Spring, rather than merely going through the motions.
This follows a significant legal case in England where the previous Conservative government's consultation on proposals to reduce incapacity benefits was deemed unlawful.
The Tories had intended to limit eligibility for incapacity benefits, which would have resulted in 424,000 individuals with severe mobility or mental health issues being denied additional Universal Credit worth over £400 a month.
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