Hundred people die challenging terminally ill benefits awards
Around 100 people who were denied fast-tracked disability benefits died while challenging the decision. …
University of York Professor of Law Charlotte O’Brien, a specialist in welfare law, said it was a different process to change the rules for universal credit and ESA because those rules were in secondary legislation regulations, whereas DLA, PIP and Attendance Allowance were set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012, so a new Act of Parliament could be required.
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