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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
All spin, to claim long term incapacity benefit you have to pass tough medical assessments, you also have to have a work history to qualify as its a contribution based benefit.
The reason behind this spin is to reduce the social welfare tax burden since job seekers allowance is less generous.
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I don't doubt the reasons why old Gordon said this, what I don't doubt either are the figures, they show that in 2005 social security fraud cost Britain tens of millions and a lot of that fraud was carers allowance, disability benefit and incapacity benefit rip offs and what I also don't doubt is that once people start claiming, just how easy it is for the powers that be to 'forget' about them