UK, help for dosabled people to find jobs is axed

[Lilith7]

I occasionally have  look at a UK forum, IDF50 & came across a thread about this under the heading 'Sadistic bastards.' 

You really have to wonder at the mentality of politicians wanting to do this. I hope our govt doesn't borrow this despicable idea, its diffocult to comprehend that any govt can be so cruel.



https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024...-crackdown

A major scheme to help disabled people into work has been quietly scrapped ÔÇô just as the prime minister announced a crackdown on disability benefits.
The┬á┬ú100m┬áWork and Health Programme, operating in England and Wales, will end in the autumn, providers have been told, at the same time that┬áRishi Sunak wants to cut benefits┬áfor 420,000 sick and disabled people in an attempt to force them into work ÔÇô a move that charities say would instead leave people destitute.
The blow to disabled people comes after the prime minister unveiled a plan to hand power to officials with no medical training to decide whether an employee is sick, raising the possibility that decisions about workersÔÇÖ health will be taken to hit targets rather than on clinical need.
The prime minister wants to cut the disability welfare budget of £69bn a year, amid rising levels of sickness. The charitable Health Foundation said last week that by 2040 health inequalities meant that 3.7 million adults, many in deprived areas, would be living with a major illness such as type 2 diabetes, chronic pain or depression.
Sunak said that Britain had a ÔÇ£sicknote cultureÔÇØ and blamed the problem of ÔÇ£young people ÔǪ parked on welfareÔÇØ, although the majority of people receiving statutory sick pay are women over 50 working part-time, according to the┬áResolution Foundation.